Fungal Cell Wall Organization and Biosynthesis

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-82

  Free, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Candida albicans; Cell wall biogenesis; Chitin; Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungal cell wall; Glucan; Neurospora crassa; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873899689     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407677-8.00002-6     Document Type: Chapter

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