Screening yeast cells for absorption of selenium oxyanions

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Soudi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Malekzadeh, Fereydoon ^a   Norouzi, Parviz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Absorption; Candida sp.; Screening method; Selenite reduction; Selenium oxyanions

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA;

EID: 0037731546     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023290908937     Document Type: Article

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