Changes in glutathione metabolic enzymes during yeast-to-mycelium conversion of Candida albicans

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-79

  Manavathu, Merlin ^a   Gunasekaran, Suresh ^b   Porte, Quallyna ^b   Manavathu, Elias ^a   Gunasekaran, Muthukumaran ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candica albicans; Dimorphism; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione reductase; Glutamyltranspeptidase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030070469     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-011     Document Type: Article

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