Identification of major proteins secreted by Cryptococcus neoformans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-651

  Biondo, Carmelo ^a   Mancuso, Giuseppe ^a   Midiri, Angelina ^a   Bombaci, Mauro ^a   Messina, Luciano ^a   Beninati, Concetta ^a   Teti, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Cryptococcosis; Mannoproteins; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DATA BASE; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTIONATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33646573632     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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