Glycine as a regulator of tryptophan-dependent pigment synthesis in Malassezia furfur

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Barchmann, Thorsten ^a   Hort, Wiebke ^a   Krämer, Hans Joachim ^a   Mayser, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycine; Malassezia furfur; Pigment synthesis; Pityriasis versicolor; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; NITROGEN; PIGMENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

GLYCINE; MALASSEZIA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 78649855139     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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