Cloning of Candida albicans genes conferring resistance to azole antifungal agents: characterization of CDR2, a new multidrug ABC transporter gene
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Cloning of Candida albicans genes conferring resistance to azole antifungal agents: characterization of CDR2, a new multidrug ABC transporter gene.
Resistance to azole antifungal agents in Candida albicans can be mediated by multidrug efflux transporters. In a previous study, we identified at least two such transporters, Cdr1p and Benp, which belong to the class of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and of major facilitators, respectively. To isolate additional factors potentially responsible for resistance to azole antifungal agents ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1350-0872,1465-2080
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-405