Killing of Candida albicans by histatin 5: Cellular uptake and energy requirement

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 297-309

  Gyurko, Csilla ^a   Lendenmann, Urs ^a   Helmerhorst, Eva J ^a   Troxler, Robert F ^a,b   Oppenheim, Frank G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Histatin; Innate host defense

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HISTATIN 5; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS MUTANT; HUMAN; INFECTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SALIVA; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 0035149953     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012070600340     Document Type: Article

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