Overexpression of a cloned IMP dehydrogenase gene of Candida albicans confers resistance to the specific inhibitor mycophenolic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2331-2338

  Köhler, Gerwald A ^a,b   White, Theodore C ^a,c   Agabian, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030938651     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2331-2338.1997     Document Type: Article

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