Candida albicans and Yarrowia lipolytica as alternative models for analysing budding patterns and germ tube formation in dimorphic fungi

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2727-2737

  Herrero, Ana B ^a   López, M Carmen ^a   Fernández Lago, Luis ^a   Domínguez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Budding; Candida albicans; Hydroxyurea; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yeast hypha transition

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; HYDROXYUREA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; HAPLOIDY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0042027047     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2727     Document Type: Article

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