Characterization of glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramide structure mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Gutierrez, Ana L S ^a   Farage, Layla ^a   Melo, Manuel N ^a   Mohana Borges, Ronaldo S ^a   Guerardel, Yann ^b,c   Coddeville, Bernadete ^c   Mendonça Previato, Lucia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cryptococcus mutants; Cryptococcus neoformans; Glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramide; Mass spectrometry; NMR spectroscopy; UDP Xyl

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOINOSITOLPHOSPHORYL CERAMIDE; LIGNOCERIC ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS MUTANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WILD TYPE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; TETRA;

EID: 34447297313     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm030     Document Type: Article

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