Sensitivity of different Zygomycetes to the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF)

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-141

  Galgóczy, László ^a   Papp, Tamás ^a   Leiter, Eva ^b   Marx, Florentine ^c   Pócsi, István ^b   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PAF PROTEIN, PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZYGOMYCOTA;

ABSIDIA; ACTINOMUCOR; ANIMALIA; COKEROMYCES; FUNGI; GILBERTELLA; MICROMUCOR; MORTIERELLA; MUCOR; MYCOTYPHA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOPUS; SAKSENAEA; SYNCEPHALASTRUM; THAMNOSTYLUM; UMBELOPSIS; VISCUM ALBUM; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGORHYNCHUS;

EID: 17844386088     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200410512     Document Type: Article

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