Evidence of multiple extracellular phospholipase activities of Aspergillus fumigatus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 751-755

  Birch, Michael ^a,d   Robson, Geoffrey ^a   Law, Derek ^b   Denning, David W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d North western Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030040578     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.751-755.1996     Document Type: Article

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