Lignocellulose-based biorefineries have been gaining increasing attention to substitute
current petroleum-based refineries. Biomass processing requires a pretreatment step to …

Since the discovery of toxin-secreting killer yeasts more than 40 years ago, research into this
phenomenon has provided insights into eukaryotic cell biology and virus–host-cell …

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 …

Infections by opportunistic pathogenic fungi, especially Candida species, Cryptococcus
neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, are a serious medical problem in …

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a serious complication during treatment of opportunistic
fungal infections that frequently afflict immunocompromised individuals, such as transplant …

Candida albicans is a prevalent fungal pathogen amongst the immunocompromised
population, causing both superficial and life-threatening infections. Since C. albicans is …

Mitochondria are partially autonomous organelles that depend on the import of certain
proteins and lipids to maintain cell survival and membrane formation. Although …

Candida albicans biofilms are structured microbial communities with high levels of drug
resistance. Farnesol, a quorum-sensing molecule that inhibits hyphal formation in C …

Pathogenic yeasts from the genus Candida can cause serious infection in humans
particularly, in immunocompromised patients and are now recognized as major agents of …

The cDNA from activated mutants of the homologous transcription factors Pdr1p and Pdr3p
was used to screen DNA microarrays of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae complete genome …