Effect of the sesterterpene-type metabolites, ophiobolins A and B, on zygomycetes fungi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Krizsán, Krisztina ^a   Bencsik, Ottó ^a   Nyilasi, Ildikó ^a   Galgóczy, László ^a   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Papp, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Apoptosis; Calmodulin; Mucor; Ophiobolin

Indexed keywords

ANNEXIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; OPHIOBOLIN A; OPHIOBOLIN B; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SESTERTERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; APOPTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; LETTER; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORANGIOSPORE; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUCOR; SESTERTERPENES;

BIPOLARIS; FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 78649497229     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02138.x     Document Type: Letter

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