Resistance to itraconazole in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus is conferred by extra copies of the A. nidulans P-450 14α-demethylase gene, pdmA

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-81

  Osherov, Nir ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a   Romans, Angela ^a   May, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CYTOCHROME P450; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; MODEL; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE DOSAGE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

EID: 0034921782     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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