Haploid fruiting in Cryptococcus neoformans is not mating type α-specific

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Tscharke, R L ^a   Lazera, M ^b   Chang, Y C ^a   Wickes, B L ^c   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Centro de Pesquisa Hospital   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0043169565     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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