Mutations in the CgPDR1 and CgERG11 genes in azole-resistant Candida glabrata clinical isolates from Slovakia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 574-578

  Berila, Norbert ^a   Borecka, Silvia ^a   Dzugasova, Vladimira ^a   Bojnansky, Jaroslav ^a   Subik, Julius ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Azole resistance; Candida glabrata; CDR1; ERG11; PDR1

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NYSTATIN; PYRROLE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CGCDR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CGCDR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CGERG 11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CGPDR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOVAKIA; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 64549092829     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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