Role of Ndt80p in sterol metabolism regulation and azole resistance in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1174-1183

  Sellam, Adnane ^a,b   Tebbji, Faïza ^a,c   Nantel, André ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut de Recherche en Biologie Veágeátale   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NDT80 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STEROLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 68549123451     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00074-09     Document Type: Article

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