A Phe389Leu substitution in ErgA confers terbinafine resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2533-2536

  Rocha, E M F ^a,b,c   Gardiner, R E ^a   Park, S ^a   Martinez Rossi, N M ^b,c   Perlin, D S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; TERBINAFINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ERGA GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33745617436     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00187-06     Document Type: Article

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