Mitochondria influence CDR1 efflux pump activity, Hog1-mediated oxidative stress pathway, iron homeostasis, and ergosterol levels in Candida albicans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5580-5599

  Thomas, Edwina ^a,b   Roman, Elvira ^c   Claypool, Steven ^d   Manzoor, Nikhat ^b   Pla, Jesús ^c   Panwar, Sneh Lata ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; CDR1 PROTEIN; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; HOG1 PROTEIN; IRON; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEROXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VACUOLE; CELL WALL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EFFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IRON METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885901630     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00889-13     Document Type: Article

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