Induction of an extracellular esterase from Candida albicans and some of its properties

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2936-2940

  Tsuboi, Ryoji ^a   Komatsuzaki, Hisano ^a   Ogawa, Hideoki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSORBATE 20; POLYSORBATE 80; REAGENT; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030055322     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2936-2940.1996     Document Type: Article

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