Pondering Mating: Pneumocystis Jirovecii, the Human Lung Pathogen, Selfs Without Mating Type Switching, in Contrast to Its Close Relative Schizosaccharomyces Pombe

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Journal mBio

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2015 May 7

PMID 25944864

Citations 4

Authors

Patrik Inderbitzin

B Gillian Turgeon

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