Appearance and properties of L-sorbose-utilizing mutants of Candida albicans obtained on a selective plate

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 653-664

  Janbon, Guilhem ^a   Sherman, Fred ^a   Rustchenko, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBOSE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME 5; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE MUTATION; KARYOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONOSOMY; MUTAGENESIS; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SORBOSE; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032819609     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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