Internalization of tenecin 3 by a fungal cellular process is essential for its fungicidal effect on Candida albicans

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 4449-4458

  Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^b   Kim, Kil Lyong ^c   Lee, Younghoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Fungus; Insect; Internalization; Tenecin 3

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGICIDE; GLYCINE; TENECIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; INTERNALIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034826535     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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