On The Mode Of Action Of A New Antifungal Antibiotic, Aculeacin A; Inhibition Of Cell Wall Synthesis In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

The Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 308-313

  Mizoguchi, Junzo ^a   Saito, Tetsu ^a   Mizuno, Kimio ^a   Hayano, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACULEACIN; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE C 14; HISTOLOGY; LEUCINE C 14; MICROORGANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URIDINE C 14;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; GLUCOSE; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MANNANS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTOPLASTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017741051     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.30.308     Document Type: Article

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