The structures of polysaccharides and glycolipids of Aspergillus fumigatus grown in the presence of human serum

Mycopathologia

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Da Silva Bahia, Maria Cleide F ^a   Vieira, Ricardo P ^a   Mulloy, Barbara ^b   Hartmann, Rudolf ^c   Bergter, Eliana Barreto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Galactomannan; Glucan; Glycolipid

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN; GLUCAN; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; MANNAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCANS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANNANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0030881871     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006862420963     Document Type: Article

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