Quorum sensing activity and control of yeast-mycelium dimorphism in Ophiostoma floccosum
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عنوان ژورنال: Biotechnology Letters
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0141-5492,1573-6776
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1514-5