Identification of the dialysable serum inducer of germ-tube formation in Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3041-3049

  Hudson, Debbie A ^a   Sciascia, Quentin L ^a   Sanders, Rebecca J ^a   Norris, Gillian E ^a   Edwards, Pat J B ^a   Sullivan, Patrick A ^a   Farley, Peter C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; NITROGEN; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; ION EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SERUM; TEMPERATURE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 4844230744     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27121-0     Document Type: Article

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