Morphological alterations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by benanomicin A, an antifungal antibiotic with mannan affinity

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 365-370

  Watanabe, Maki ^a   Nishiyama, Yayoi ^a   Inouye, Shigeharu ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a   Kondo, Shinichi ^b   Takeuchi, Tomio ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal agent; Benanomicin A; Electron microscopy; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENANOMICIN A; MANNAN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CARLSBERGENSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PASTORIANUS;

EID: 0031746351     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02296.x     Document Type: Article

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