Transcription factors CgUPC2A and CgUPC2B regulate ergosterol biosynthetic genes in Candida glabrata

Genes to Cells

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-89

  Nagi, Minoru ^a,b   Nakayama, Hironobu ^c,f   Tanabe, Koichi ^a   Bard, Martin ^d   Aoyama, Toshihiro ^c   Okano, Makoto ^c   Higashi, Satoru ^c   Ueno, Keigo ^e   Chibana, Hiroji ^e   Niimi, Masakazu ^a,g   Yamagoe, Satoshi ^a   Umeyama, Takashi ^a   Kajiwara, Susumu ^b   Ohno, Hideaki ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SUZUKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CGUPC2A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CGUPC2B TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; MEVINOLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LOVASTATIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78650639493     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2010.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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