Improved gene ontology annotation for biofilm formation, filamentous growth, and phenotypic switching in Candida albicans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Inglis, Diane O ^a   Skrzypek, Marek S ^a   Arnaud, Martha B ^a   Binkley, Jonathan ^a   Shah, Prachi ^a   Wymore, Farrell ^a   Sherlock, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84871987863     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00238-12     Document Type: Article

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