Polar lipids of aspergillus fumigatus, A. niger, A. nidulans, A. flavus and A. terreus

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Birch, M ^a,d   Drucker, D B ^b   Riba, I ^a   Gaskell, S J ^a   Denning, D W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d North western Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Mass spectrometry; Phospholipid; Polar lipid

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; EXTRACTION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PHOSPHATIDIC ACIDS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 0031852594     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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