CDR1, a multidrug resistance gene from Candida albicans, contains multiple regulatory domains in its promoter and the distal AP-1 element mediates its induction by miconazole

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Puri, Neeti ^a   Krishnamurthy, S ^a   Habib, Saman ^a,c   Hasnain, Seyed E ^b   Goswami, Shyamal K ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; AP 1; Candida albicans; CDR1; Gene expression; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MICONAZOLE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPORATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MDR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICONAZOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032707373     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00488-7     Document Type: Article

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