Inhibition of Candida albicans adhesion by recombinant human antibody single-chain variable fragment specific for Als3p

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-202

  Laforce Nesbitt, Sonia S ^a   Sullivan, Mark A ^b   Hoyer, Lois L ^c   Bliss, Joseph M ^a,d,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Antibody; Candida albicans; Single chain variable fragment

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN ALS3P; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 53549102189     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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