Changes in cell morphology and carnitine acetyltransferase activity in Candida albicans following growth on lipids and serum and after in vivo incubation in mice

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3171-3180

  Sheridan, Rose ^a,b   Ratledge, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Carnitine acetyltransferase; Lipid; Mitochondrion; Peroxisome

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LIPID; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; TRIOLEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029854875     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3171     Document Type: Article

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