Membrane fluidity affects functions of Cdr1p, a multidrug ABC transporter of Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 475-481

  Krishnamurthy, Smriti S ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; CDR1; Membrane fluidity; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ESTRADIOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORESCAMINE; RHODAMINE 123;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERGOSTEROL; ESTRADIOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RHODAMINES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033006136     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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