Role of three chitin synthase genes in the growth of Candida albicans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2416-2419

  Mio, Toshiyuki ^a   Yabe, Tomio ^a,b   Sudoh, Masayuki ^a   Satoh, Yasuko ^a   Nakajima, Tasuku ^b   Arisawa, Mikio ^a   Yamada Okabe, Hisafumi ^a  

^a NIPPON ROCHE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FATALITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029975124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2416-2419.1996     Document Type: Article

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