Evaluation of Molecular Responses and Antifungal Activity of Phagocytes to Opportunistic Fungi

Medical Mycology: Cellular and Molecular Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 43-68

  Simitsopoulou, Maria ^a   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gene expression analysis by RT PCR; Human MNCs isolation from whole blood; Hyphal fragments preparation; Invasive fungal infections (IFIs); Molecular responses and antifungal activity; Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs); Superoxide anion assay in 96 well plate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049348441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470057414.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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