Erratum: Sterol Biosynthesis and Azole Tolerance Is Governed by the Opposing Actions of SrbA and the CCAAT Binding Complex (PLoS Pathogens (2016) 12):7 (e1005775) DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005775);Sterol Biosynthesis and Azole Tolerance Is Governed by the Opposing Actions of SrbA and the CCAAT Binding Complex

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Gsaller, Fabio ^a   Hortschansky, Peter ^b   Furukawa, Takanori ^a   Carr, Paul D ^a   Rash, Bharat ^a   Capilla, Javier ^c   Müller, Christoph ^d   Bracher, Franz ^d   Bowyer, Paul ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^e   Brakhage, Axel A ^b,f   Bromley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; CELL EXTRACT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TERBINAFINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP51A, ASPERGILLUS; CYTOCHROME P450; FUNGAL PROTEIN; STEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURVIVAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AZOLES; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEINS; STEROLS;

EID: 84983001966     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006106     Document Type: Erratum

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