Argifin, a new chitinase inhibitor, produced by Gliocladium sp. FTD-0668. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, and biological activities

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 603-608

  Õmura, Satoshi ^a   Arai, Noriko ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuuichi ^a   Masuma, Rokuro ^a   Iwai, Yuzuru ^a   Namikoshi, Michio ^b   Turberg, Andreas ^c   Kölbl, Heinz ^c   Shiomi, Kazuro ^a  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIFIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EMBRYO; FERMENTATION; GLIOCLADIUM; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

GLIOCLADIUM; LUCILIA CUPRINA;

EID: 0033920903     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.53.603     Document Type: Article

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