In vivo interaction of trivalent chromium with yeast plasma membrane, as revealed by EPR spectroscopy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 375-380

  Pesti, Miklós ^a   Gazdag, Zoltán ^a   Belágyi, József ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chromium (III); EPR; Membrane fluidity

Indexed keywords

5 DOXYLSTEARIC ACID; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLITE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ERGOSTEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033986844     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00618-7     Document Type: Article

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