Phospholipids of Clostridium perfringens: A reexamination

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Johnston, Norah C ^a   Baker, John K ^b   Goldfine, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Mass spectrometry; Molecular species; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phospholipids; Plasmalogen

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; O ALANYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEACYLATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FATTY ACIDS; LAURIC ACIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 1642400478     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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