Novel strategies in antifungal lead discovery

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 466-471

  Jiang, Bo ^a   Bussey, Howard ^b   Roemer, Terry ^a  

^a Elitra Canada   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALMODULIN; CASPOFUNGIN; DNA; ERGOSTEROL; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE LYASE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALATE SYNTHASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; NYSTATIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; POLYENE; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; SORBITOL; SYNTHETASE; TACROLIMUS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASSAY; BIOINFORMATICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036790072     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00361-2     Document Type: Review

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