Extracellular DNA release acts as an antifungal resistance mechanism in mature Aspergillus fumigatus biofilms

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-429

  Rajendran, Ranjith ^a   Williams, Craig ^b   Lappin, David F ^a   Millington, Owain ^c   Martins, Margarida ^d   Ramage, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CHITINASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ECHINOCANDIN; FUNGAL DNA;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOLYSIS; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; CHITINASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENOME, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84874519965     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00287-12     Document Type: Article

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