Determination of optimum growth conditions for gliotoxin production by Aspergillus fumigatus and development of a novel method for gliotoxin detection

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-233

  Belkacemi, L ^a,b   Barton, R C ^a   Hopwood, V ^a,c   Evans, E G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c West View House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Gliotoxin; L929 cells

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLIOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOMASS; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN L 929; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; FIBROBLASTS; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032838320     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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