Melanin, melanin "ghosts," and melanin composition in Cryptococcus neoformans

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Infection and Immunity

• Publication date

  1996-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1128/iai.64.7.2420-2424.1996PMID 8698461PMCID PMC174092
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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