Inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis is not accompanied by a change in fatty acid composition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae treated with the antifungal agent 6-amino-2-n-pentylthiobenzothiazole

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Kuchta, Tomáš ^a   Léka, Csilla ^a   Kubinec, Róbert ^b   Russell, Nicholas J ^c  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antifungal; benzothiazole; fatty acid; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; sterol; yeast

Indexed keywords

6 AMINO 2 N PENTYLTHIOBENZOTHIAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETATES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SQUALENE; STEROLS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 17044443905     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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