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Research Paper

Adaptation of a Gaussia princeps Luciferase reporter system in Candida albicans for in vivo detection in the Galleria mellonella infection model

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Pages 684-693 | Received 13 May 2015, Accepted 04 Aug 2015, Published online: 04 Nov 2015

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