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Isolation and characterization of an avirulent Candida albicans yeast monomorphic mutant.
Medical mycology - 1 Feb 2003
Iranzo M, Cañizares J V, Saínz-Pardo I, Aguado C, Pontón J, Mormeneo S
Abstract excerpt
Mutagenesis of Candida albicans strain ATCC 26555 with N-methyl-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine followed by plating on solid yeast nitrogen base-N-acetylglucosamine medium at 37 degrees C yielded colony morphology variants that were characterized as forming smooth colonies, in contrast to the rough colonies formed by the parental strain. One yeast monomorphic mutant, CAL4, was studied in detail. Strain CAL4 is defective...
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