Increases in SLT2 expression and chitin content are associated with incomplete killing of Candida glabrata by caspofungin.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on December 17, 2007

Authors

Jason M Cota1, Jodi L Grabinski, Robert L Talbert, David S Burgess, P David Rogers, Thomas D Edlind, Nathan P Wiederhold

Author Affiliations

1: University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, UTHSCSA, PERC MSC 6220, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

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