The white cell response to pheromone is a general characteristic of Candida albicans strains

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-256

  Sahni, Nidhi ^a   Yi, Song ^a   Pujol, Claude ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 59249108381     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00320-08     Document Type: Article

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