The effect of griseofulvin on the gene regulation of β-tubulin in the dermatophyte pathogen Trichophyton rubrum

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Zomorodian, Kamiar ^a   Uthman, Umed ^b   Tarazooie, Bita ^c   Rezaie, Sassan ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gene; Griseofulvin; Trichophyton rubrum; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA TUBULIN; DNA; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DATA BASE; DERMATOPHYTE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGAL CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPIDERMOPHYTON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GRISEOFULVIN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRICHOPHYTON; TUBULIN;

EID: 37349012701     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0552-5     Document Type: Article

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