Valinomycin affects the morphology of Candida albicans

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 753-758

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Azuma, Masayuki ^a   Igarashi, Koichi ^a   Ooshima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Dimorphism; Hyphal growth; Morphology; Valinomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYSTEINE; FARNESOIC ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; HYPHAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VALINOMYCIN; YEASTS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 31444434155     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2005.102     Document Type: Article

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