Growth of Candida albicans hyphae

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 737-748

  Sudbery, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; EPITHELIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; HYPHAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 80052965456     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2636     Document Type: Review

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