Differential inhibition of Candida albicans CYP51 with azole antifungal stereoisomers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Lamb, D C ^a   Kelly, D E ^a   Baldwin, B C ^b   Gozzo, F ^c   Boscott, P ^d   Richards, W G ^d   Kelly, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azole antifungal; P450; Stereoselective inhibition

Indexed keywords

GENACONAZOLE; PYRROLE; TETRACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0030894125     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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