Chitin, Chitinase Responses, and Invasive Fungal Infections

The human immune system is capable of recognizing and degrading chitin, an important cell wall component of pathogenic fungi. In the context of host-immune responses to fungal infections, herein we review the particular contributions and interplay of fungus and chitin recognition, and chitin-degradi...

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Autores principales: Vega, Karina, Kalkum, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22187561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/920459

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22187561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/920459

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