The effect of the echinocandin analogue caspofungin on cell wall glucan synthesis by Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1791-1795

  Feldmesser, Marta ^a   Kress, Yvonne ^a   Mednick, Aron ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTISERUM; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN B DERIVATIVE; GLUCAN; PNEUMOCANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GLUCANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 0033680483     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317614     Document Type: Article

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