Capsular localization of the Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharide component galactoxylomannan

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-103

  De Jesus, Magdia ^a   Nicola, André Moraes ^a   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^b   Janbon, Guilhem ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GALACTOXYLOMANNAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MUS;

EID: 58149345746     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00331-08     Document Type: Article

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