Identification of genes upregulated by the transcription factor bcr1 that are involved in impermeability, impenetrability, and drug resistance of Candida albicans a/α biofilms

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 875-888

  Srikantha, Thyagarajan ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^a   Pujol, Claude ^a   Kim, Elena ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84878397541     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00071-13     Document Type: Article

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