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Scanning electron microscopy of encapsulated and non-encapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans and the effect of glucose on capsular polysaccharide release.
Medical mycology - 1 Aug 1999
Cleare W, Casadevall A
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Cryptococcus neoformans has a polysaccharide capsule composed primarily of glucuronoxylomannan (GXM). This study focuses on the morphology of both encapsulated and non-encapsulated organisms in the presence and absence of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and serum proteins, and the effect of glucose on capsular polysaccharide release. Examination of the encapsulated C. neoformans strains 24067 and 34873 by scanning...
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