The photobiology of microbial pathogenesis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a   Crosson, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVOPROTEIN; PHOTOACTIVE YELLOW PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; RHODOPSIN;

BIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; LIGHT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; PATHOGENICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; LIGHT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 73549094963     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000470     Document Type: Short Survey

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