Cellular polysaccharides of Cryptococcus laurentii (kufferath) skinner, a producer of extracellular heteroglycan

Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-65

  Tikhomirova, O M ^a   Vitovskaya, G A ^a   Sinitskaya, I A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis of yeast exoglycans; Capsular polysaccharides; Polysaccharides; Yeast cell wall; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144499204     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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