Cloning and characterization of CneMDR1: A Cryptococcus neoformans gene encoding a protein related to multidrug resistance proteins

Gene

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Thornewell, Susan J ^a   Peery, Robert B ^a   Skatrud, Paul L ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter protein; Encapsulated yeast; Fungi; Karyotype; Opportunistic pathogen

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CLONE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030781143     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00421-6     Document Type: Article

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