Quorum sensing in Candida albicans: Probing farnesol's mode of action with 40 natural and synthetic farnesol analogs

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 743-750

  Shchepin, Roman ^b   Hornby, Jacob M ^a   Burger, Erin ^b   Niessen, Timothy ^a   Dussault, Patrick ^b   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0041913984     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(03)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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