Control of filament formation in Candida albicans by polyamine levels

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4870-4878

  Herrero, Ana B ^a   López, M Carmen ^a   García, Susana ^a   Schmidt, Axel ^b   Spaltmann, Frank ^b   Ruiz Herrera, José ^c   Dominguez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CYTOSKELETON; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGUS MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0344562908     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4870-4878.1999     Document Type: Article

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