Enzymatic and hemolytic activities of Candida dubliniensis strains

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-206

  Linares, Carlos Eduardo Blanco ^a   De Loreto, Érico Silva ^a   Silveira, Carolina Pereira ^a   Pozzatti, Patrícia ^a   Scheid, Liliane Alves ^a   Santurio, Janio M ^a   Alves, Sydney Hartz ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Chondroitin sulphatase; Hemolytic activity; Hyaluronidase; Proteinase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHONDROSULFATASE; HYALURONIDASE; PROTEINASE; SULFATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 34548630271     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000400001     Document Type: Article

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