UGE1 and UGE2 regulate the UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose equilibrium in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2069-2077

  Moyrand, Frédérique ^a   Lafontaine, Ingrid ^a   Fontaine, Thierry ^a   Janbon, Guilhem ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 57349171588     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00189-08     Document Type: Article

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