Oenothein B inhibits the expression of PbFKS1 transcript and induces morphological changes in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 609-618

  Santos, Glaciane D ^a   Ferri, Pedro H ^b   Santos, Suzana C ^b   Bao, Sônia N ^c   Soares, Célia M A ^a   Pereira, Maristela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,3 glucan synthase; Brazilian savannah; Eugenia uniflora; Oenothein B; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; OENOTHEIN B; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; YEAST CELL;

EUGENIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL;

EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 36549046185     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701502108     Document Type: Article

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