Functional duality of the cell wall

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-117

  Latgé, Jean Paul ^a   Beauvais, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL SKELETON; GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL CELL WALL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL WALL; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CELL WALL; FUNGI; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84902482238     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.05.009     Document Type: Review

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