Pneumocystis genome project and genomic organization

Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 163-182

  Cushion, Melanie T ^a   Slaven, Bradley E ^a   Smulian, Alan George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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