Might Candida albicans be made to mate after all?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-6

  Odds, F C ^a   Brown, A J P ^a   Gow, N A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA DETERMINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MATING; MATING TYPE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033957374     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01655-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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