Transcriptional response of Candida parapsilosis following exposure to farnesol

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2304-2312

  Rossignol, Tristan ^a,c   Logue, Mary E ^a   Reynolds, Kieran ^a   Grenon, Muriel ^b   Lowndes, Noel F ^b   Butler, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROL METABOLISM;

EID: 34447249251     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01438-06     Document Type: Article

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