Nikkomycin Z supersensitivity of an echinocandin-resistant mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

doi:10.1128/AAC.39.1.200

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Nikkomycin Z supersensitivity of an echinocandin-resistant mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 1995

el-Sherbeini M, Clemas J A

Abstract excerpt

Echinocandins and nikkomycins are antibiotics that inhibit the synthesis of the essential cell wall polysaccharide polymers 1,3-beta-glucan and chitin, respectively. Some 40 echinocandin-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants were isolated and assigned to five complementation groups. Four com...

Topics

Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antifungal Agents
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Echinocandins
Fungal Proteins
Glucosyltransferases
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Peptides
Peptides, Cyclic
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins

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