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Role of Candida albicans polymorphism in interactions with oral epithelial cells.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Aug 2004
Villar C C, Kashleva H, Dongari-Bagtzoglou A
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BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is a polymorphic organism which undergoes morphologic transition between yeast, pseudohyphal and hyphal forms. The ability of C. albicans to change from yeast to filamentous types is a major virulence determinant of this organism. However, the exact role of hyphal transformation in establishing oral mucosal infection is still poorly understood. METHODS: In this study we used mutants...
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