The dual mechanism of the antifungal effect of new lysosomotropic agents on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RXII strain

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Krasowska, Anna ^a   Chmielewska, Lucyna ^a   Łuczyński, Jacek ^b   Witek, Stanisław ^b   Sigler, Karel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

H+ATPase; Lysosomotropic Drugs; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; V ATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BAFILOMYCIN A1; ESTER DERIVATIVE; MEPACRINE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038298783     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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