Dismantling the Cryptococcus coat [1] (multiple letters)

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 112-113

  D'Souza, Cletus A ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; LETTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0035283311     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01945-4     Document Type: Letter

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