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Functional analysis of CaIPT1, a sphingolipid biosynthetic gene involved in multidrug resistance and morphogenesis of Candida albicans.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2005
Prasad Tulika, Saini Preeti, Gaur Naseem Akhtar, Vishwakarma Ram A, Khan Luqman Ahmad, Haq Qazi M Rizwanul, Prasad Rajendra
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In the present study we describe the isolation and functional analysis of a sphingolipid biosynthetic gene, IPT1, of Candida albicans. The functional consequence of the disruption of both alleles of IPT1 was confirmed by mass analysis of its sphingolipid composition. The disruption of both allele...
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