Comparison of proteinase, lipase and alpha-glucosidase activities from the clinical isolates of Candida species

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Bramono, Kusmarinah ^a,c   Yamazaki, Masashi ^b   Tsuboi, Ryoji ^b   Ogawa, Hideoki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LIPASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646185224     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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