The trace element zinc is required for proper functioning of a large number of proteins,
including various enzymes. However, most zinc-containing proteins are transcription factors …

Much progress has been made in the last decade in identifying genes responsible for
antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Attention has focused on five major C. albicans …

Abstract We present the YEAst Search for Transcriptional Regulators And Consensus
Tracking (YEASTRACT; www. yeastract. com) database, a tool for the analysis of …

Polyamines play essential functions in many aspects of cell biology. Plasma membrane
transport systems for the specific uptake of polyamines exist in most eukaryotic cells but …

To meet the demands of future generations for chemicals and energy and to reduce the
environmental footprint of the chemical industry, alternatives for petrochemistry are required …

One of the major advances serving to define the beginning of the era of modern medicine
was the development of penicillin in the early 1940s as the first widely used antibiotic …

The understanding of the molecular mechanisms that may contribute to counteract the
deleterious effects of organic acids as fungistatic agents is essential to guide suitable …

The emergence of widespread multidrug resistance (MDR) is a serious challenge for
therapeutics, food-preservation and crop protection. Frequently, MDR is a result of the action …

ABSTRACT A screen of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion strain set was performed to
identify genes affecting hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production. Mutants were screened using …

MgMfs1, a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) gene from the wheat pathogenic fungus
Mycosphaerella graminicola, was identified in expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries. The …