Yeasts acquire resistance secondary to antifungal drug treatment by adaptive mutagenesis.

Acquisition of resistance secondary to treatment both by microorganisms and by tumor cells is a major public health concern. Several species of bacteria acquire resistance to various antibiotics through stress-induced responses that have an adaptive mutagenesis effect. So far, adaptive mutagenesis i...

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Main Authors: David Quinto-Alemany, Ana Canerina-Amaro, Luís G Hernández-Abad, Félix Machín, Floyd E Romesberg, Cristina Gil-Lamaignere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3409178?pdf=render