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Asc1, a WD-repeat protein, is required for hyphal development and virulence in Candida albicans.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 1 Nov 2010
Liu Xiaoyan, Nie Xinyi, Ding Yufeng, Chen Jiangye
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans is a human pathogenic fungus which can undergo a morphological transition from yeast to hyphae in response to a variety of environmental stimuli. We analyzed a C. albicans Asc1 (Absence of growth Suppressor of Cyp1) protein which is entirely composed of seven repeats of the WD domain, and is conserved from fungi to metazoan. Deleting the ASC1 in C. albicans led to a profound defect in hyphal...
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