Secretion of five extracellular enzymes by strains of chromoblastomycosis agents

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 269-272

  De Souza, Thais Furtado ^a   Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia ^a,c   Da Costa, Juliana Mônica ^a   Carissimi, Mariana ^a   Corbellini, Valeriano Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromoblastomycosis; Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Lipase; Gelatinase; Phospholipase, DNAse; Urease

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GELATINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXOPHIALA; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN;

CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI;

EID: 56049083818     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000500004     Document Type: Article

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