Deciphering metabolic traits of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: redundancy vs. essentiality.

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Published in Front Microbiol on December 03, 2012

Authors

Jorge Amich1, Sven Krappmann

Author Affiliations

1: Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.

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