Production of proteinase and phospholipase by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-17

  De Assis, Cesar M ^a,b   Gambale, W ^b   Paula, C R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Fungi; Hyphomycetes; Paracoccidioides; Phospholipase; Proteinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0033491843     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007022110989     Document Type: Article

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