Identification and characterization of an endo/exonuclease in Pneumocystis carinii that is inhibited by dicationic diarylfurans with efficacy against Pneumocystis pneumonia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-121

  Hildebrandt, Ellen ^a   Boykin, David W ^b   Kumar, Arvind ^b   Tidwell, Richard R ^c   Dykstra, Christine C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNase; Minor groove binding; Single strand specific

Indexed keywords

2,5 BIS[4 (N ISOPROPYLGUANYL)PHENYL]FURAN; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBAZOLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031916903     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05078.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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