Evolution of mating within the candida parapsilosis species group

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 578-587

  Sai, Sixiang ^a   Holland, Linda M ^a   Mcgee, Conor F ^a   Lynch, Denise B ^a   Butler, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 79955443542     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00276-10     Document Type: Article

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