cis-acting elements within the Candida albicans ERG11 promoter mediate the azole response through transcription factor Upc2p

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2231-2239

  Oliver, Brian G ^a   Song, Jia L ^a,c   Choiniere, Jake H ^a,d   White, Theodore C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450; ERG11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; LUCIFERASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPC2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CODON; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMOZYGOTE; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; RENILLA; RENILLA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 37549020764     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00331-06     Document Type: Article

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