S-adenosyl-L-methionine inhibitors Δ24-sterol methyltransferase and Δ24(28)-sterol methylreductase as possible agents against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2966-2970

  Visbal, Gonzalo ^a   Alvarez, Alvaro ^a   Moreno, Belisario ^a   San Blas, Gioconda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

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Indexed keywords

22 PIPERIDIN 2 YL PREGNAN 22,3BETA DIOL; 22 PIPERIDIN 3 YL PREGNAN 22,3BETA DIOL; AZASTEROL DERIVATIVE; DELTA24 STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DELTA24(28) STEROL METHYLREDUCTASE; KETOCONAZOLE; PIPERIDIN 2 YL 5ALPHA PREGNAN 3BETA,20 DIOL; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

CULTURE MEDIA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0041922589     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.9.2966-2970.2003     Document Type: Article

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