The antifungal protein from Aspergillus giganteus causes membrane permeabilization

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 588-593

  Theis, T ^a   Wedde, M ^a   Meyer, V ^a   Stahl, U ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATION TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 0037310294     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.588-593.2003     Document Type: Article

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