Palmitoyl carnitine, a lysophospholipase-transacylase inhibitor, prevents Candida adherence in vitro

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Prakobphol, Akraporn ^a   Leffler, Hakon ^a   Hoover, Charles I ^a   Fisher, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Candida; Candidiasis; Lysophospholipase transacylase; Phospholipid

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PALMITOYLCARNITINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; LIVER; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PALMITOYLCARNITINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 0030832572     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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