The social network: Deciphering fungal language

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 440-451

  Leeder, Abigail C ^a   Palma Guerrero, Javier ^a   Glass, N Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CELL COMMUNICATION; FUNGI; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 79956153033     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2580     Document Type: Review

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