Antifungal activity of some deoxyhypusine synthase inhibitors: Short communication: Plant mycology and crop protection

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-332

  Mackintosh, Caroline A ^a,b   Walters, Dale R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Deoxyhypusine synthase; Hypusine; Spermidine analogue

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEOXYHYPUSINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PYRENOPHORA; PYRENOPHORA AVENAE;

EID: 0345599014     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000003562.91682.53     Document Type: Article

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