Physiological and morphological characterization of tert-butylhydroperoxide tolerant Candida albicans mutants

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-487

  Fekete, Andrea ^a,b   Pócsi, Imre ^a   Emri, Tamás ^a   Gyetvai, Ágnes ^a   Gazdag, Zoltán ^c   Pesti, Miklós ^c   Karányi, Zsolt ^b   Majoros, László ^b   Gergely, Lajos ^b   Pócsi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antimycotics; Candida albicans; Oxidative stress; tert butylhydroperoxide; Virulence attributes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPHAE; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 57349101524     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800114     Document Type: Article

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