Transcriptome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus exposed to voriconazole

Current Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-44

  da Silva Ferreira, Márcia Eliana ^a   Malavazi, Iran ^a   Savoldi, Marcela ^a   Brakhage, Axel A ^b   Goldman, Maria Helena S ^a   Kim, H Stanley ^c,d   Nierman, William C ^c,d   Goldman, Gustavo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Microarrays; Transcriptome; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIAZOLES;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 33745161346     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0073-2     Document Type: Article

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