Aspergillus nidulans cell wall composition and function change in response to hosting several Aspergillus fumigatus UDP-galactopyranose mutase activity mutants.

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Published in PLoS One on January 15, 2014

Authors

Md Kausar Alam1, Karin E van Straaten2, David A R Sanders2, Susan G W Kaminskyj1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2: Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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