Phenotypes of Candida albicans sterol mutants deficient in delta 8,7-isomerization or 5-desaturation.

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Phenotypes of Candida albicans sterol mutants deficient in delta 8,7-isomerization or 5-desaturation.

Journal of medical and veterinary mycology : bi-monthly publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology - 1 Jan 1991

Shimokawa O, Nakayama H, Nakyama H

Abstract excerpt

Two Candida albicans sterol mutants deficient in delta 8,7-isomerization and 5-desaturation, respectively, were studied in relation to those phenotypes associated with the 14 alpha-demethylation deficiency, i.e. repression of hypha formation, inability to grow with non-fermentable substrates, and...

Topics

Candida albicans
Isomerism
Mutation
Phenotype
Sterols

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