The formation of hyphae of Candida albicans induced by cyclodextrins

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 451-453

  Fekete Forgács, Katalin ^a   Szabó, Erika ^a   Lenkey, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cyclodextrins; Hyphal growth

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031470915     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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