Dark brown is the more virulent of the switch phenotypes of Candida glabrata

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3309-3318

  Srikantha, Thyagaraja ^a   Daniels, Karla J ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Yi, Song ^a   Sahni, Nidhi ^a   Ma, Ning ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE SWITCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; COLOR; COPPER; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 57349141472     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/020578-0     Document Type: Article

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