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Aneuploidy and Isochromosome Formation in Drug-Resistant <i>Candida albicans</i>
20 Jul 2006
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to the limited number of available antifungal drugs is a serious problem in the treatment of Candida albicans. We found that aneuploidy in general and a specific segmental aneuploidy, consisting of an isochromosome composed of the two left arms of chromosome 5, were associated with azole resistance. The isochromosome forms around a single centromere flanked by an inverted repeat and was found as an...
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