Colony phenotype switching in clinical and non-clinical isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Clemons, K V ^a,b   Hanson, L C ^a   Stevens, D A ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

colony phenotypes; colony switching; Saccharomyces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79961164624     PISSN: 02681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219680000441     Document Type: Article

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