Protein translation inhibition by Stachybotrys chartarum conidia with and without the mycotoxin containing polysaccharide matrix

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-97

  Karunasena, Enusha ^a   Cooley, J Danny ^a   Douglas, D R ^a   Straus, David C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conidia; mycotoxins; sick building syndrome; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SATRATOXIN G; SATRATOXIN H; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS SPORE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STACHYBOTRYS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; METHANOL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RABBITS; RETICULOCYTES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPORES, FUNGAL; STACHYBOTRYS; TRICHOTHECENES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 4444262273     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000038438.48072.02     Document Type: Article

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