Article
Vanadate-resistant mutants of Candida albicans show alterations in phosphate uptake.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Nov 1991
Mahanty S K, Khaware R, Ansari S, Gupta P, Prasad R
Abstract excerpt
Phosphate uptake studies in different strains of the dimorphic pathogenic yeast Candida albicans were undertaken to show that this yeast actively transported phosphate with an apparent Km in the range of 90-170 microM. The uptake was pH dependent and derepressible under phosphate starvation. Vanadate-resistant (van) mutants of C. albicans showed a 20-70% reduction in the rate of phosphate uptake in high phosphate...
Topics
- Biological Transport
- Candida albicans
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Kinetics
- Mutation
- Phosphates
- Vanadates
