Adhesion of candida albicans to epithelial cells - Effect of nikkomycin

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Segal, Esther ^a   Gottlieb, S ^a   Altboum, Z ^b   Gov, Y ^a   Berdicevsky, Israela ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Antifungals; Candida albicans; Nikkomycin

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; NIKKOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030832396     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00168.x     Document Type: Article

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