Bcr1 functions downstream of ssd1 to mediate antimicrobial peptide resistance in candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-419

  Jung, Sook In ^a   Finkel, Jonathan S ^b   Solis, Norma V ^c   Chaili, Siyang ^c   Mitchell, Aaron P ^b   Yeaman, Michael R ^c,d   Filler, Scott G ^c,d  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB4A PROTEIN, HUMAN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTAMINES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874522648     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00285-12     Document Type: Article

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