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[Cell biology of respiration-deficient mutants of Candida albicans].
Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of medical mycology - 1 Jan 2005
Aoki Shigeji, Ito-Kuwa Shoko, Nakamura Kenjirou, Nakamura Yasunori
Abstract excerpt
Respiration-deficient (petite) mutation is caused by hereditary impairment in mitochondrial functions. Yeasts have been grouped into "petite-positive" and "petite-negative" yeasts. Candida albicans has been regarded as a member of the petite-negative yeasts in which the respiration deficiency cannot be easily induced. We have succeeded in inducing the petite mutation in C. albicans by culturing in the presence of...
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