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Research Paper

Glucuronoxylomannan, galactoxylomannan, and mannoprotein occupy spatially separate and discrete regions in the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans

Magdia De Jesus Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
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André Moraes Nicola Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
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Siu-Kei Chow Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
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Ian R. Lee Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
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Shuhua Nong Department of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunologyl University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA USA
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Charles A. Specht Department of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunologyl University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA USA
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Stuart M. Levitz Department of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunologyl University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA USA
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Arturo Casadevall Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Division of Infectious Disease, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 500-508 | Received 14 Jul 2010, Accepted 27 Aug 2010, Published online: 01 Nov 2010

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