Binding of serum mannan binding lectin to a cell integrity-defective Cryptococcus neoformans ccr4Δ mutant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4769-4779

  Panepinto, John C ^a   Komperda, Kazimierz W ^a   Hacham, Moshe ^a   Shin, Soowan ^a   Liu, Xiaoguang ^a   Williamson, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; COLLECTIN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CCR4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENCAPSULATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENE DELETION; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RIBONUCLEASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 34848905336     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00536-07     Document Type: Article

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