Role of DNA mismatch repair and double-strand break repair in genome stability and antifungal drug resistance in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2194-2205

  Legrand, Melanie ^a   Chan, Christine L ^a   Jauert, Peter A ^a   Kirkpatrick, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 37549057681     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00299-07     Document Type: Article

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