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Role of specific determinants in mannan of Candida albicans serotype A in adherence to human buccal epithelial cells.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 1992
Miyakawa Y, Kuribayashi T, Kagaya K, Suzuki M, Nakase T, Fukazawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans serotype A (C. albicans A) possesses a specific antigen, designated antigen 6, which resides in mannans on the cell surface. To determine the role of the mannan moiety of the C. albicans cell wall in adherence to buccal epithelial cells, we used antigen 6-deficient mutants which had been isolated by screening with an agglutinating monoclonal antibody against antigen 6 (MAb-6). 1H nuclear magnetic...
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