Two membrane proteins located in the Nag regulon of Candida albicans confer multidrug resistance

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1099-1108

  Sengupta, Manjistha ^a   Datta, Asis ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Drug efflux pump; Major facilitator superfamily; Multiple drug resistance; N Acetylglucosamine; Nag regulon; Sugar transporter

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULON; SUGAR TRANSPORT; UPREGULATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037459113     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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