Metabolic pathways as drug targets: Targeting the sulphur assimilatory pathways of yeast and fungi for novel drug discovery

Combating Fungal Infections: Problems and Remedy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 327-346

  Bachhawat, Anand Kumar ^a   Yadav, Amit Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84920092793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12173-9_14     Document Type: Chapter

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