Biochemical Systems Analysis of Signaling Pathways to Understand Fungal Pathogenicity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 734, Issue , 2011, Pages 173-200

  Garcia, Jacqueline ^b   Sims, Kellie J ^b   Schwacke, John H ^b   Del Poeta, Maurizio ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell wall; Computational analysis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Diacylglycerol; Fungal infection; Melanin; Model; Protein kinase C; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

FUNGI; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79960146573     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-086-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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