A new potent inhibitor of fungal melanin biosynthesis identified through combinatorial chemistry

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2509-2514

  Jennings, Lee D ^a   Wawrzak, Zdzislaw ^a,b   Amorose, Denise ^a   Schwartz, Rand S ^a   Jordan, Douglas B ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; FUNGICIDE; HYDROLYASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RICE; SYNTHESIS;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDRO-LYASES; MAGNAPORTHE; MELANINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0033530101     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(99)00424-2     Document Type: Article

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