The hyphal and yeast forms of Candida albicans bind the complement regulator C4b-binding protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6633-6641

  Meri, T ^a,b   Blom, A M ^c   Hartmann, A ^a   Lenk, D ^a   Meri, S ^b   Zipfel, P F ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY INHIBITOR FACTOR FHL 1; ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY INHIBITOR FACTOR H; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 7044262339     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6633-6641.2004     Document Type: Article

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