Biologically active fluorescent farnesol analogs

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 639-641

  Shchepin, Roman ^a   Dumitru, Raluca ^b   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^b   Lund, Miranda ^a   Dussault, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FARNESOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; OXIME;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; IC 50; SYNTHESIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FARNESOL; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIMES;

EID: 24944472788     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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