Ferrous, but not ferric, iron maintains homeostasis in Histoplasma capsulatum triacylglycerides

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Zarnowski, Robert ^a   Dobrzyn, Agnieszka ^a,b   Ntambi, James M ^a   Woods, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; YEAST CELL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; HISTOPLASMA; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 46749106669     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9168-y     Document Type: Article

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