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Phenotypic analysis and virulence of Candida albicans LIG4 mutants.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2001
Andaluz E, Calderone R, Reyes G, Larriba G
Abstract excerpt
In previous studies, we reported the isolation and preliminary characterization of a DNA ligase-encoding gene of Candida albicans. This gene (LIG4) is the structural and functional homologue of both yeast and human ligase IV, which is involved in nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) of DNA double-strand breaks. In the present study, we have shown that there are no other LIG4 homologues in C. albicans. In order to...
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