Integration of metabolism with virulence in Candida albicans

Fungal Genomics, 2nd Edition

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 349-370

  Ene, Iuliana V ^a,b   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45218-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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