Characterization of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein PAF

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 204-210

  Kaiserer, Lydia ^a   Oberparleiter, Christoph ^a   Weiler Görz, Renate ^a   Burgstaller, Wolfgang ^a   Leiter, Eva ^b   Marx, Florentine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Membrane leakage; Morphology; Oxidative stress; Penicillium chrysogenum

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; YEAST CELL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0041335530     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0578-8     Document Type: Article

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