Control of morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 292, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 331-347

  Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asexual development; Dimorphic switching; GTPase; Morphogenesis; Penicillium marneffei; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 0036802150     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00217     Document Type: Article

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