Identification of genes upregulated by the transcription factor Bcr1 that are involved in impermeability, impenetrability, and drug resistance of Candida albicans a/α biofilms.

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Published in Eukaryot Cell on April 05, 2013

Authors

Thyagarajan Srikantha1, Karla J Daniels, Claude Pujol, Elena Kim, David R Soll

Author Affiliations

1: Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

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