The lipolytic enzymes activities of Malassezia species

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Juntachai, Weerapong ^a   Oura, Takahiro ^a   Murayama, Somay Yamagata ^b   Kajiwara, Susumu ^a  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lipase; Lipid dependence; Malassezia; Phospholipase

Indexed keywords

EBELACTONE B; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; LIPOLYSIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; LACTONES; LIPASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALASSEZIA; PHOSPHOLIPASES;

ANIMALIA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 70749129701     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802314825     Document Type: Article

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