A gene homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae SNF1 appears to be essential for the viability of Candida albicans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4909-4917

  Petter, R ^a   Chang, Y C ^a   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030782385     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.4909-4917.1997     Document Type: Article

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