Effect of different K+ concentrations on cryptococcus neoformans phenoloxidase activity

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-176

  Vidotto, Valerio ^a,d   Defina, Nicola ^a   Pugliese, Agostino ^a   Aoki, Shigeji ^b   Nakamura, Kenjrou ^b   Takeo, Kanjj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Laboratorio Micologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Phenoloxidase activity; Potassium metabolism

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POTASSIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PIGMENTATION; VIRULENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FECES; HUMANS; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION; POTASSIUM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0037696556     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023376324422     Document Type: Article

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