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Inducible and constitutive activation of two polymorphic promoter alleles of the Candida albicans multidrug efflux pump MDR1.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2012
Sasse Christoph, Schillig Rebecca, Reimund Alexandra, Merk Julia, Morschhäuser Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Overexpression of the multidrug efflux pump MDR1 confers resistance to the antifungal drug fluconazole on Candida albicans. It has been reported that two types of MDR1 promoters exist in C. albicans and that homozygosity for the allele with higher activity may promote fluconazole resistance. We found that the two MDR1 promoter alleles in strain SC5314 were equally well activated by inducing chemicals or...
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