Beyond ergosterol: Linking ph to antifungal mechanisms

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-554

  Zhang, Yong Qiang ^a   Rao, Rajini ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Ergosterol; Ph homeostasis; V atpase; Vacuole; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALLYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ERGOSTEROL; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; POLYENE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79251472093     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.6.13802     Document Type: Article

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