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AtrR Is an Essential Determinant of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.
mBio - 12 Mar 2019
Paul Sanjoy, Stamnes Mark, Thomas Grace Heredge, Liu Hong, Hagiwara Daisuke, Gomi Katsuya, Filler Scott G, Moye-Rowley W Scott
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillosis associated with azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus has a mortality rate that can approach 90% in certain patient populations. The best-understood avenue for azole resistance involves changes in the cyp51A gene that encodes the target of azole drugs, lanosterol α-14 demethylase. The most common azole resistance allele currently described is a linked change corresponding to a change in the coding...
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