Cryptococcal Xylosyltransferase 1 (Cxt1p) from Cryptococcus neoformans Plays a Direct Role in the Synthesis of Capsule Polysaccharides
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- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 283 (21) , 14327-14334
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