Effects of depleting the essential central metabolic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase on the growth and viability of Candida albicans: Implications for antifungal drug target discovery

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1371-1377

  Rodaki, Alexandra ^a   Young, Tim ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DESIGN; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 33747378294     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00115-06     Document Type: Article

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