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Genomic Analysis of Cellular Morphology in Candida albicans

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Whiteway, M., Nante, A. (2006). Genomic Analysis of Cellular Morphology in Candida albicans. In: Brown, A.J. (eds) Fungal Genomics. The Mycota, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30809-1_8

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