Fungal β(1,3)-D-glucan synthesis

Medical Mycology, Supplement

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Douglas, C M ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

(1,3) glucan; Echinocandin; FKS genes

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; ECHINOCANDIN; ECHINOCANDIN B DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; L 685818; L 733560; LIPOPEPTIDE; LY 280949; MICAFUNGIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; PAPULACANDIN B; PNEUMOCANDIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE BETA 1,3 DEXTRO GLUCAN BETA 3 DEXTRO GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

BETA-GLUCANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0035668391     PISSN: 09668454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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