Cloning and functional analysis of ALS family genes from Candida albicans

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 593-594

  Chen, Xi ^a   Chen, Jiang Ye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ALS gene family; Candida albicans; Morphogenesis; Tandem repeat sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444379303     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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