Fungal cell gigantism during mammalian infection.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on June 17, 2010

Authors

Oscar Zaragoza1, Rocío García-Rodas, Joshua D Nosanchuk, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Tudela, Arturo Casadevall

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1: Servicio de Micología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. ozaragoza@isciii.es

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