The Paracoccidioides cell wall: Past and present layers toward understanding interaction with the host

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Puccia, Rosana ^a   Vallejo, Milene Carmes ^a   Matsuo, Alisson Leonardo ^a   Longo, Larissa Valle Guilhen ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Cell wall; Enzymes; Host interaction; P. lutzii; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84857832134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00257     Document Type: Review

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