The antifungal protein AFP from Aspergillus giganteus inhibits chitin synthesis in sensitive fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2128-2134

  Hagen, Silke ^a   Marx, Florentine ^c   Ram, Arthur F ^b   Meyer, Vera ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; CELL INTEGRITY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

FUNGI;

AMINO ACID; ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN AFP; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE CLASS III; CHITIN SYNTHASE CLASS V; DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SYTOX GREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CHITIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; MUTATION; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 34247485807     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02497-06     Document Type: Article

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