Coming of age-sexual reproduction in Candida species

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Bennett, Richard J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES; FUNGAL GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

CANDIDA;

CANDIDA; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 78651244344     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001155     Document Type: Article

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