Fungal polysaccharides: Biological activity beyond the usual structural properties

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a   Nimrichter, Leonardo ^a   Cordero, Radames J B ^b   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungal pathogens; Immunity; Polysaccharides; Structure and function of polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 84862321645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00171     Document Type: Note

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