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Inhibition of PbGP43 expression may suggest that gp43 is a virulence factor in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Torres Isaura, Hernandez Orville, Tamayo Diana, Muñoz Jose F, Leitão Natanael P, García Ana M, Restrepo Angela, Puccia Rosana, McEwen Juan G
Abstract excerpt
Glycoprotein gp43 is an immunodominant diagnostic antigen for paracoccidioidomycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It is abundantly secreted in isolates such as Pb339. It is structurally related to beta-1,3-exoglucanases, however inactive. Its function in fungal biology is unknown, but it elicits humoral, innate and protective cellular immune responses; it binds to extracellular matrix-associated...
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