Effective killing of the human pathogen Candida albicans by a specific inhibitor of non-essential mitotic kinesin Kip1p.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on June 15, 2007

Authors

Penelope R Chua1, David M Roof, Yan Lee, Roman Sakowicz, David Clarke, Dan Pierce, Thoryn Stephens, Matthew Hamilton, Brad Morgan, David Morgans, Takashi Nakai, Adam Tomasi, Mary E Maxon

Author Affiliations

1: Cytokinetics, 280 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. pchua@cytokinetics.com

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