Nonfilamentous C. albicans mutants are avirulent

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 939-949

  Lo, Hsiu Jung ^a   Köhler, Julia R ^a,b   Didomenico, Beth ^c   Loebenberg, David ^c   Cacciapuoti, Anthony ^c   Fink, Gerald R ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030819459     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80358-X     Document Type: Article

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