High-throughput mass spectrometric analysis of 1400-year-old mycolic acids as biomarkers for ancient tuberculosis infection

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 302-305

  Mark, Laszlo ^a   Patonai, Zoltan ^a   Vaczy, Alexandra ^a   Lorand, Tamas ^a   Marcsik, Antonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bone; MALDI TOF MS; MTC; Mycobacterium tubeculosis; Mycolic acid; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; FATTY ACID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 70449685586     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.041     Document Type: Article

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