Cell biology of mating in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-61

  Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^a   Zhao, Rui ^a   Wessels, Deborah ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTAXIS; FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; VACUOLES; ZYGOTE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0012577325     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.1.49-61.2003     Document Type: Article

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