Genetic diversity and genomic plasticity of cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrid strains

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Averette, Anna Floyd ^a   Desnos Ollivier, Marie ^b,c   Ni, Min ^a   Dromer, Françoise ^b,c   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84861714827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001255     Document Type: Article

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