Screening for microtubule-disrupting antifungal agents by using a mitotic-arrest mutant of Aspergillus nidulans and novel action of phenylalanine derivatives accompanying tubulin loss.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on May 01, 2004

Authors

Tetsuo Kiso1, Ken-Ichi Fujita, Xu Ping, Toshio Tanaka, Makoto Taniguchi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bio- and Geoscience, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.

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