Antifungal properties and target evaluation of three putative bacterial histidine kinase inhibitors

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1700-1703

  Deschenes, Robert J ^a,b   Lin, Hong ^a   Ault, Addison D ^a   Fassler, Jan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [2 [4 (2 TRITYLETHOXY)PHENYL]ETHYL]GUANIDINE; 1 [4 [2 [1 (3 CHLOROBENZYL) 2 CYCLOHEXENYL]ETHOXY]BENZYL]GUANIDINE; 6 GUANIDINO 2 [4 (4 GUANIDINOPHENOXY)PHENYL]INDOLE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032814524     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1700     Document Type: Article

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