Excretion-secretion products and proteases from live Sporothrix schenckii yeast phase. Immunological detection and cleavage of human IgG

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Rosa, Daniel D A ^a   Gezuele, Elbio ^a,d   Calegari, Luis ^a   Goñi, Fernando ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Departamento de Parasitología y Micología   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Excretion secretion product; Human immunoglobulin; Proteases; Sporothrix schenckii; Yeast phase

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEINASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EXCRETION; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SECRETION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CATHEPSINS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS; SPOROTHRIX;

EID: 60849128514     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000100001     Document Type: Article

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