UV irradiation induced high frequency of colonial variants with altered morphology in Sporothrix schenckii

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Torres Guerrero, H ^a   Arenas Lopez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Morphology variants; Sporothrix schenckii; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RADIATION DOSE; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPOROTHRIX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33746446294     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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