A monoclonal antibody specific for Candida albicans Als4 demonstrates overlapping localization of Als family proteins on the fungal cell surface and highlights differences between Als localization in vitro and in vivo

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-333

  Coleman, David A ^a   Oh, Soon Hwan ^a   Manfra Maretta, Sandra L ^a   Hoyer, Lois L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS gene; Candida albicans; Cell surface protein; Gene family; Monoclonal antibody; Protein localization

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; AGGLUTININ 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; YEAST CELL;

AGGLUTININS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84858149650     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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