Oxidized low density lipoprotein inhibits the hemolytic activity of Asp-hemolysin from Aspergillus fumigatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Fukuchi, Yuji ^a   Kudo, Yoichi ^b   Kumagai, Takeshi ^c   Ebina, Keiichi ^c   Yokota, Katsushi ^c  

^a Sendai Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sendai Hosp of E Japan Rlwy Co   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asp hemolysin; Hemolytic activity; Low density lipoprotein; Oxidized low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0031755837     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00400-5     Document Type: Article

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