Different protein kinase C isoforms are present in the yeast and mycelium forms of Sporothrix schenckii

Mycopathologia

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Aquino Piñero, Edna E ^a   Rodríguez del Valle, Nuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Protein kinase C; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPOROTHRIX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN KINASE C; SPOROTHRIX;

EID: 0031405174     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006851728433     Document Type: Article

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