Expression of CDR1, a multidrug resistance gene of Candida albicans: Transcriptional activation by heat shock, drugs and human steroid hormones

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-197

  Krishnamurthy, Shankarling ^a   Gupta, Vinita ^a   Prasad, Ramasare ^a   Panwar, Sneh Lata ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ABC protein; Candida albicans; Expression; Multidrug resistance; Stress induced

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESTRADIOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MDR; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICONAZOLE; PROGESTERONE; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VINBLASTINE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032521514     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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