Role of glycoproteins isolated from Epicoccum purpurascens in host-pathogen interaction

Pathobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-192

  Kukreja, Neetu ^a,b   Arora, Naveen ^a,c   Singh, Bhanu Pratap ^a   Das, Hasi Rani ^a   Sridhara, Susheela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; Epicoccum purpurascens; Hemagglutination activity; Hemagglutination inhibition; High performance anion exchange chromatography; Mannose binding lectin; Pulsed amperometric detection; Sinusitis, fungal

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MYCELIUM; MYCOSES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SINUSITIS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EPICOCCUM; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS;

EID: 34447621571     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103378     Document Type: Article

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