Inhibitory action of a truncated derivative of the amphibian skin peptide dermaseptin s3 on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2160-2170

  Coote, Peter J ^a   Holyoak, Caroline D ^a   Bracey, Dani ^a   Ferdinando, Dudley P ^a   Pearce, James A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DERMASEPTIN; DERMASEPTIN S3 [1-16] AMIDE; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031716170     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.9.2160     Document Type: Article

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