Carbohydrate profiling of fungal cell wall surface glycoconjugates of Aspergillus species in brain and lung tissues using lectin histochemistry

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 756-759

  Leal, André F G ^a   Lopes, Nadja E P ^a   Clark, Arthur T R ^b   De Pontes Filho, Nicodemos T ^b   Beltrao, Eduardo I C ^b   Neves, Rejane P ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Brain; Cell wall carbohydrates; Lectin histochemistry; Lung

Indexed keywords

3,3 DIAMINOBENDIZINE; CONCANAVALIN A; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LECTIN BINDING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LECTINS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; ASPERGILLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 84866507433     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.631946     Document Type: Article

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