Candida albicans genome sequence: A platform for genomics in the absence of genetics

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Odds, Frank C ^a   Brown, Alistair J P ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENETICS; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 4344637673     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-7-230     Document Type: Short Survey

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