Morphology of Penicillium marneffei under oxidative stress in vitro

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Liu, Donghua ^a   Liang, Ling ^a   Luo, Qiuhong ^a   Cao, Cunwei ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Morphotypes; Oxidative stress; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNGAL CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBODY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MYCOSES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENICILLIUM; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; RATTUS;

EID: 79951596522     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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