Expression, purification and in vitro antifungal activity of acidic mammalian chitinase against Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus and Trichophyton rubrum strains

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Chen, L ^a,b   Shen, Z ^c   Wu, J ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOREACTORS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STOMACH; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 57349098800     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03092.x     Document Type: Article

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