Characterization of Candida albicans colony-morphology mutants and their hybrids

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-209

  Novak A ^a   Vagvolgyi C ^b   Pesti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

FUNGAL DNA; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSS BREEDING; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0041384546     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02930957     Document Type: Article

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