Morphogenetic circuitry regulating growth and development in the dimorphic pathogen penicillium marneffei

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-160

  Boyce, Kylie J ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL POLARITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; YEAST;

CELL POLARITY; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; YEASTS;

EID: 84873130162     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00234-12     Document Type: Review

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