Balancing Stability and Flexibility within the Genome of the Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Ormerod, Kate L ^a   Fraser, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84892894487     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003764     Document Type: Article

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