Carbohydrate profiling of fungal cell wall surface glycoconjugates of Trichophyton tonsurans and other keratinophilic filamentous fungi using lectins

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Leal, André Ferraz Goiana ^a   de Lima Neto, Reginaldo Gonçalves ^a   Macêdo, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira ^a   Beltrão, Eduardo Isidoro Carneiro ^a   Neves, Rejane Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cell wall; Keratinophilic fungi; Lectin binding; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; KERATINOPHILIC FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; LECTIN BINDING; MYCELIOPHTHORA VELLEREA; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

CELL WALL; FUNGI; GLYCOCONJUGATES; LECTINS; MYCOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 80955178814     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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