Differential requirement of the transcription factor Mcm1 for activation of the Candida albicans multidrug efflux pump MDR1 by its regulators Mrr1 and Cap1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2061-2066

  Mogavero, Selene ^a,b   Tavanti, Arianna ^b   Senesi, Sonia ^b   Rogers, P David ^c,d   Morschhäuser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CAP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MRR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MCM1 PROTEIN; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79955537321     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01467-10     Document Type: Article

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