Calcineurin inhibition or mutation enhances cell wall inhibitors against Aspergillus fumigatus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2979-2981

  Steinbach, William J ^a   Cramer Jr , Robert A ^a   Perfect, B Zachary ^a   Henn, Christina ^a   Nielsen, Kirsten ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Perfect, John R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN; CALCINEURIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCAN; NIKKOMYCIN Z; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCINEURIN; CELL WALL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 34547644121     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01394-06     Document Type: Article

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