Determination of Morphology and Virulence in Candida albicans

Funding Agency: NIH/NIAID

Title: Determination of Morphology and Virulence in Candida albicans

Status: Active

Period: 5/2010-4/2016

Role: Consultant

Grant Detail: The major goal of this grant is to determine how expression levels of a key filament-specific transcriptional regulator are controlled by host environmental cues and specify morphology and virulence in Candida albicans.


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