A Candida albicans strain with high MIC for caspofungin and no FKS1 mutations exhibits a high chitin content and mutations in two chitinase genes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-474

  Drakulovski, P ^a,b   Dunyach, C ^a,b   Bertout, S ^a,b   Reynes, J ^a,c   Mallie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; caspofungin; cell wall; chitin; chitin synthase; chitinase

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CASPOFUNGIN; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS INDUCED RESISTANCE STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FKS1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITINASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 79959242030     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.538732     Document Type: Article

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