Caspofungin affects growth of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in both morphological phases

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5391-5394

  Rodríguez Brito, Sabrina ^a   Niño Vega, Gustavo ^a   San Blas, Gioconda ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECHINOCANDINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MYCELIUM; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POINT MUTATION; YEASTS;

EID: 78649663227     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00617-10     Document Type: Article

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