Oral Presentation Lorne Infection and Immunity 2021

A role of C. albicans Rpn4 in regulating antifungal drug susceptibility (#36)

Ka Pui Sharon Yau 1 , Harshini Weerasinghe 1 , Barbara Koch 1 , Traude Beilharz 1 , Ana Traven 1
  1. Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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