Role of Candida albicans transcription factor Upc2p in drug resistance and sterol metabolism

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1391-1397

  Silver, Peter M ^a,b   Oliver, Brian G ^a,b   White, Theodore C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DNA; ERGOSTEROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STEROL; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPC2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UPREGULATION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ERGOSTEROL; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 11144308844     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.6.1391-1397.2004     Document Type: Article

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