Characterization of the antigenicity of Cp11, a surface protein of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans

Mycologia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-45

  Car, Jian Piao ^a   Liu, Ling Li ^b,c   To, Kelvin K W ^d   Lau, Candy C Y ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^d   Lau, Susanna K P ^d   Guo, Yong Hui ^a   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^a   Che, Xiao Yan ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capsule; CLPI; Cryptococcus; Fungus; Immunostaining

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CAVIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENICILLIUM; PICHIA PASTORIS; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RABBITS;

EID: 84925355019     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/14-074     Document Type: Article

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