Insights into fungal morphogenesis and immune evasion

Microbe

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 416-423

  Gauthier, Greg ^a   Klein, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 51649098764     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.3.416.1     Document Type: Review

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