Oxylipins and ascospore morphology in the ascomycetous yeast genus Dipodascus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-325

  Smith, D P ^a   Kock, J L F ^a   van Wyk, P W J ^a   Pohl, C H ^a   van Heerden, E ^a   Botes, P J ^a   Nigam, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy oxylipins; Ascospores; Dipodascus; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; GLYCOLIPID; HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPODASCUS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST CELL;

FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; DIPODASCUS; DIPODASCUS AMBROSIAE;

EID: 0038632241     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023340900369     Document Type: Article

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