Calcineurin, Mpk1 and Hog1 MAPK pathways independently control fludioxonil antifungal sensitivity in Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-604

  Kojima, Kaihei ^a   Bahn, Yong Sun ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCINEURIN; FLUDIOXONIL; FUNGICIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL GROWTH; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINESIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALCINEURIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIOXOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PYRROLES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33645106541     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28571-0     Document Type: Article

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