Dual effects of plant steroidal alkaloids on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2732-2740

  Simons, Veronika ^a   Morrissey, John P ^b   Latijnhouwers, Maita ^c   Csukai, Michael ^d   Cleaver, Adam ^d   Yarrow, Carol ^d   Osbourn, Anne ^a,e  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ALKALOID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ERGOSTEROL; FENPROPIMORPH; GLYCOSIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOSTEROL; PROTEIN ERG6P; SAPONIN; STEROL; TETRASACCHARIDE; TOMATIDINE; TOMATINE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ERG2 GENE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TOMATO;

ALKALOIDS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPONINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOMATINE;

EID: 33746927967     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00289-06     Document Type: Article

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