Fungicidal action of aureobasidin A, a cyclic depsipeptide antifungal antibiotic, against Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 672-676

  Endo, Masahiro ^a   Takesako, Kazutoh ^a   Kato, Ikunoshin ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b  

^a TAKARA SHUZO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AUREOBASIDIN A; DEPSIPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031028654     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.3.672     Document Type: Article

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