Phytosphingosine kills candida albicans by disrupting its cell membrane

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Veerman, Enno C I ^a   Valentijn Benz, Marianne ^a   Van'T Hof, Wim ^a   Nazmi, Kamran ^a   Van Marle, Jan ^b   Nieuw Amerongen, Arie V ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Candida; Histatin; Mechanism; Membrane; Phytosphingosine (PHS)

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; HISTATIN 5; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HISTATINS; SODIUM AZIDE; SPHINGOSINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 75149158823     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2010.001     Document Type: Article

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