Ashbya gossypii: A model for fungal developmental biology

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-429

  Wendland, Jürgen ^a   Walther, Andrea ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHBYA GOSSYPII; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL POLARITY; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; RIBOFLAVIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844362176     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1148     Document Type: Review

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