Towards understanding the evolution of the human commensal yeast Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1137-1143

  Lott, Timothy J ^a   Holloway, Brian P ^a   Logan, David A ^b   Fundyga, Ruth ^c   Arnold, Jonathan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Genetics; Microsatellite; Phylogeny; VNTR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032928829     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1137     Document Type: Article

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