Inactivation of transcription factor gene ACE2 in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata results in hypervirulence.

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Published in Eukaryot Cell on April 01, 2004

Authors

Mohammed Kamran1, Ana-Maria Calcagno, Helen Findon, Elaine Bignell, Michael D Jones, Peter Warn, Philip Hopkins, David W Denning, Geraldine Butler, Thomas Rogers, Fritz A Mühlschlegel, Ken Haynes

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1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London.

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