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Genetic control of chlamydospore formation in Candida albicans.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 2003
Nobile Clarissa J, Bruno Vincent M, Richard Mathias L, Davis Dana A, Mitchell Aaron P
Abstract excerpt
The chlamydospore is a distinctive morphological feature of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans that can be induced to form in oxygen-limited environments and has been reported in clinical specimens. Chlamydospores are not produced by the model yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, so there is limited understanding of the pathways that govern their development. Here, the results of a...
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