Generating and testing molecular hypotheses in the dermatophytes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1238-1245

  White, Theodore C ^a,b   Oliver, Brian G ^a,b   Gräser, Yvonne ^c   Henn, Matthew R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTHRODERMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN; TINEA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SKIN; TINEA;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE;

EID: 48949100397     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00100-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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