Oxidative stress sensitivity and superoxide dismutase of a wild-type parent strain and a respiratory mutant of Candida albicans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-314

  Ito Kuwa, S ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Aoki, Shigeji ^a   Osafune, T ^b   Vidotto, V ^c   Pienthaweechai, K ^d  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Oxidative stress; Respiratory mutant; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PARAQUAT; RIBOFLAVIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0032822552     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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