The gene that determines resistance to tioconazole and to acridine derivatives in Aspergillus nidulans may have a corresponding gene in Trichophyton rubrum

Mycopathologia

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Pereira, Marcelo ^a   Fachin, Ana Lúcia ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acriflavine; Azole resistance; Dermatophyte; Filamentous fungi; Multidrug resistance; Tioconazole

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME II; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE GENE; TIOCONAZOLE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ACRIDINES; ACRIFLAVINE; ALLELES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ETHIDIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MUTATION; TRICHOPHYTON;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0032451094     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006919009621     Document Type: Article

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