Multiple mechanisms contribute to the development of clinically significant azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Moye Rowley, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; AbcG1; Aspergillus fumigatus; Azole resistance; Cyp51A

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84927557477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00070     Document Type: Short Survey

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