Aspergillus nidulans galactofuranose biosynthesis affects antifungal drug sensitivity

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1033-1043

  Alam, Md Kausar ^a   El Ganiny, Amira M ^a,b   Afroz, Sharmin ^a   Sanders, David A R ^a   Liu, Juxin ^a   Kaminskyj, Susan G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AlcA promoter; Aspergillus nidulans; Galactofuranose; UDP galactofuranose transporter; UDP galactopyranose mutase; UDP glucose galactose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; AMMONIA; BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; CASPOFUNGIN; GALACTOFURANOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY L10; NITRATE; SUGAR; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCA GENE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NIIA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGEA GENE; UGMA GENE; UGTA GENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPHAE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 84869786619     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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