Large-scale gene function analysis in Candida albicans

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Bruno, Vincent M ^a   Mitchell, Aaron P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNCTION TEST; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 1642354707     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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