Antifungal activity of lectins against yeast of vaginal secretion

Antifungal activity of lectins against yeast of vaginal secretion

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins of non-imune origin. This group of proteins is distributed widely in nature and they have been found in viruses, microorganisms, plants and animals. Lectins of plants have been isolated and characterized according to their chemical, physical-chemical, struct...

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Main Authors: Bruno Severo Gomes, Ana Beatriz Sotero Siqueira, Rita de Cássia Carvalho Maia, Viviana Giampaoli, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Adriana Nunes de Lima, Cristina Maria Souza-Motta, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Yeast
sensitivity
lectins
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