Calcium signaling mediates antifungal activity of triazole drugs in the Aspergilli

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-190

  Liu, Fei Fei ^a   Pu, Li ^a   Zheng, Qing Qing ^a   Zhang, Yuan Wei ^a   Gao, Rong Sui ^a   Xu, Xu Shi ^a   Zhang, Shi Zhu ^a   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Aspergilli; Azole; Calcium signaling

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; ITRACONAZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; RHODAMINE 123; TACROLIMUS; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOINFORMATICS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CCHA GENE; CNAA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRZA GENE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGAL GENE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MIDA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PMCA GENE; PMRA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENTS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EGTAZIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ITRACONAZOLE; LEPIDOPTERA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84937814986     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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