Targeted gene disruption in Candida albicans wild-type strains: The role of the MDR1 gene in fluconazole resistance of clinical Candida albicans isolates

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 856-865

  Wirsching, Stephanie ^a   Michel, Sonja ^a   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PHENOTYPE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034081664     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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