Gliotoxin production by clinical and environmental Aspergillus fumigatus strains

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 319-327

  Kupfahl, Claudio ^a   Michalka, Anna ^a   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^b   Fischer, Guido ^c   Haase, Gerhard ^c   Ruppert, Thomas ^a   Geginat, Gernot ^a   Hof, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Distribution; Frequency; Gliotoxin

Indexed keywords

GLIOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 39849108351     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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