Accumulation of ergot alkaloids during conidiophore development in aspergillus fumigatus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Mulinti, Prashanthi ^a   Allen, Natalie A ^a   Coyle, Christine M ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^b   Sheppard, Donald C ^b   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL TYPE; CELLS; CONIDIOPHORE; CONIDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MEDA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84893683661     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0434-2     Document Type: Article

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