A novel screen for the detection of chitin acting antifungal compounds

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1999 May;52(5):508-11. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.52.508.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / biosynthesis
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ascomycota / classification
  • Ascomycota / metabolism*
  • Chitin / biosynthesis*
  • Chitin Synthase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Chitin Synthase / genetics
  • Chitin Synthase / metabolism
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Mutation
  • Pyrimidine Nucleosides / pharmacology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidine Nucleosides
  • Chitin
  • polyoxorim
  • Chitin Synthase