Nikkomycin Z is an effective inhibitor of the chytrid fungus linked to global amphibian declines

Fungal Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-60

  Holden, Whitney M ^a   Fites, J Scott ^b   Reinert, Laura K ^a   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Antimicrobial peptides; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Brevinin peptides; Chytridiomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHITIN; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; REINTRODUCTION; SKIN; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BD; NIKKOMYCIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; ARTICLE; B. DENDROBATIDIS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BCA; BICINCHONINIC ACID; BREVININ PEPTIDES; CELL WALL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; M/Z; MASS TO CHARGE RATIO; MICROBIOLOGY; NZ; OD(490); OPTICAL DENSITY AT Λ = 490 NM;

ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; B. DENDROBATIDIS; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BCA; BD; BICINCHONINIC ACID; BREVININ PEPTIDES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; M/Z; MASS TO CHARGE RATIO; NIKKOMYCIN Z; NZ; OD(490); OPTICAL DENSITY AT Λ = 490 NM;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 84892487434     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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