Undecanoic acid resistance in filamentous fungi: Identification and linkage mapping of the Aspergillus nidulans udaA gene

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-49

  Brito Madurro, Ana ^a   Cuadros Orellana, Sara ^b   Martinez Rossi, Nilce ^b   Rossi, Antonio ^b  

^a Institute de Química Universidade Federai de Uberlandia Campus Santa Monica   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Pathogenicity; Resistance; Trichophyton rubrum; Undecanoic acid

Indexed keywords

UNDECANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRICHOPHYTON;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 18644366521     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.47     Document Type: Article

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