Pore formation on proliferating yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell buds by HM-1 killer toxin

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 731-736

  Komiyama, Tadazumi ^a   Ohta, Tatsuo ^a   Urakami, Hiroshi ^a   Shiratori, Yasuhiko ^b   Takasuka, Tsuyoshi ^b   Satoh, Misako ^c   Watanabe, Takahide ^b   Furuichi, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c AGENE Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal drug; Budding; Cell wall; Killer toxin; Yeast proliferation; glucan synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; HANSENULA MRAKII KILLER TOXIN 1; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SORBITOL; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HANSENULA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YEAST CELL;

FUNGI; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILLIOPSIS SATURNUS VAR. MRAKII;

EID: 0030003484     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021303     Document Type: Article

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