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Identification of a Mating Type-Like Locus in the Asexual Pathogenic Yeast <i>Candida albicans</i>
20 Aug 1999
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans, the most prevalent fungal pathogen in humans, is thought to lack a sexual cycle. A set of C. albicans genes has been identified that corresponds to the master sexual cycle regulators a1, alpha1, and alpha2 of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating-type (MAT) locus. The C. albicans genes are arranged in a way that suggests that these genes are part of a mating type-like locus that is similar to the...
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