Amino acids mediate colony and cell differentiation in the fungal pathogen Candida parapsilosis

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2885-2894

  Kim, Seong Kyoun ^a   El Bissati, Kamal ^a   Mamoun, Choukri Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CITRULLINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; HYPHAE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS;

CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 33749614573     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29180-0     Document Type: Article

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