Genomewide location analysis of Candida albicans Upc2p, a regulator of sterol metabolism and azole drug resistance

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 836-847

  Znaidi, Sadri ^a   Weber, Sandra ^a   Al Abdin, Osman Zin ^a   Bomme, Perrine ^a,b   Saidane, Saloua ^a   Drouin, Simon ^c   Lemieux, Sébastien ^a   De Deken, Xavier ^a,d   Robert, François ^c   Raymond, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AZOLES; BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STEROLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 47049100076     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00070-08     Document Type: Article

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