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The transporters Pdr5p and Snq2p mediate diazaborine resistance and are under the control of the gain-of-function allele PDR1-12.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Mar 2004
Wehrschütz-Sigl Eva, Jungwirth Helmut, Bergler Helmut, Högenauer Gregor
Abstract excerpt
The spontaneous acquisition of resistance to a variety of unrelated cytotoxic compounds has important implications in medical treatment of infectious diseases and anticancer therapy. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae this phenomenon is caused by overexpression of membrane efflux pumps and is called pleiotropic drug resistance. We have found that allelic forms of the genes for the transcription activators...
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