A Soluble Fucose-Specific Lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia - Structure, Specificity and Possible Role in Fungal Pathogenicity

Josef Houser; Jan Komarek; Nikola Kostlanova; Gianluca Cioci; Annabelle Varrot; Sheena C. Kerr; Martina Lahmann; Viviane Balloy; John V. Fahy; Michel Chignard; Anne Imberty; Michaela Wimmerova

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083077

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A Soluble Fucose-Specific Lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia - Structure, Specificity and Possible Role in Fungal Pathogenicity

Josef Houser,

Affiliations Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Jan Komarek,

Affiliation National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Nikola Kostlanova,

Affiliations Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Gianluca Cioci,

Affiliation European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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Annabelle Varrot,

Affiliation CERMAV-CNRS affiliated to Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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Sheena C. Kerr,

Affiliation Department of Medicine and CVRI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Martina Lahmann,

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bangor, Bangor, United Kingdom
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Viviane Balloy,

Affiliation Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur and INSERM U874, Paris, France
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John V. Fahy,

Affiliation Department of Medicine and CVRI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Michel Chignard,

Affiliation Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur and INSERM U874, Paris, France
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Anne Imberty,

Affiliation CERMAV-CNRS affiliated to Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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Michaela Wimmerova

* E-mail: michaw@chemi.muni.cz

Affiliations Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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A Soluble Fucose-Specific Lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia - Structure, Specificity and Possible Role in Fungal Pathogenicity

Josef Houser,
Jan Komarek,
Nikola Kostlanova,
Gianluca Cioci,
Annabelle Varrot,
Sheena C. Kerr,
Martina Lahmann,
Viviane Balloy,
John V. Fahy,
Michel Chignard

Published: December 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083077

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