Sexual cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and virulence of congenic a and alpha isolates.

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Published in Infect Immun on September 01, 2003

Authors

Kirsten Nielsen1, Gary M Cox, Ping Wang, Dena L Toffaletti, John R Perfect, Joseph Heitman

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1: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

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