Differences in Cell Morphometry, Cell Wall Topography and Gp70 Expression Correlate with the Virulence of Sporothrix brasiliensis Clinical Isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Castro, Rafaela A ^a   Kubitschek Barreira, Paula H ^a   Teixeira, Pedro A C ^a   Sanches, Glenda F ^a   Teixeira, Marcus M ^b   Quintella, Leonardo P ^a   Almeida, Sandro R ^c   Costa, Rosane O ^d   Camargo, Zoilo P ^e   Felipe, Maria S S ^b   de Souza, Wanderley ^f   Lopes Bezerra, Leila M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GP70 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84885053022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075656     Document Type: Article

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