Fungal aspartic proteases as possible therapeutic targets

Aspartic Acid Proteases as Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 573-606

  Monod, Michel ^a   Staib, Peter ^b   Reichard, Utz ^c   Jousson, Olivier ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Barrierpepsin; Candida; Rhizopus; Saccharomyces; Yapsins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878768768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527630943.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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