A glimpse into the basis of vision in the kingdom Mycota.

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Published in Fungal Genet Biol on May 06, 2010

Authors

Alexander Idnurm1, Surbhi Verma, Luis M Corrochano

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA. idnurma@umkc.edu

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