Difference in keratinase activity of dermatophytes at different environmental conditions is an attribute of adaptation to parasitism

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 410-415

  Sharma, Anima ^a   Chandra, Subhash ^b   Sharma, Meenakshi ^c  

^a Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Applied Sciences   (India)

^b Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Chicken feather; Dermatophytes; Dermatophytosis; Hair; Keratin; Nail

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; KERATIN; KERATINASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE;

ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HAIR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NAIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; HAIR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MICROSPORUM; NAILS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOPHYTON; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 84865311283     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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