Serum albumin disrupts Cryptococcus neoformans and Bacillus anthracis extracellular vesicles

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 762-773

  Wolf, Julie M ^a   Rivera, Johanna ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OVALBUMIN; PALMITIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DENSITY GRADIENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICE; PALMITIC ACID; SECRETORY VESICLES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MURINAE;

EID: 84859910582     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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