Analysis of glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides expressed by the opportunistic mycopathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1801-1824

  Toledo, Marcos S ^a   Levery, Steven B ^b   Bennion, Beau ^b   Guimaraes, Luciana L ^a   Castle, Sherry A ^b   Lindsey, Rebecca ^c   Momany, Michelle ^c   Park, Chaeho ^d   Straus, Anita H ^a   Takahashi, Helio K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization; Fungus; Galactofuranose; Glycolipid; Ion trap; Mass spectrometry; Monoclonal antibody; NMR spectroscopy; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLINOSITOL PHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE; INOSITOL PHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MEST 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 34548150766     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700149-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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