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Modulation of fluconazole sensitivity by the interaction of mitochondria and erg3p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2000
Kontoyiannis D P
Abstract excerpt
We studied the effects of fluconazole, an ergosterol-depleting agent, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a genetically tractable fungus closely related to Candida albicans. The wild-type Saccharomyces strain was sensitive to fluconazole, but the isogenic cytoplasmic petite mutant (rho-) was resistant. The mechanism of resistance of rho- mutants appeared to involve uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation. However, the...
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