Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Published in Nat Rev Microbiol on October 01, 2005

Authors

Alexander Idnurm1, Yong-Sun Bahn, Kirsten Nielsen, Xiaorong Lin, James A Fraser, Joseph Heitman

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

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