The isolation of osmotic-remedial conditional lethal mutants of Candida albicans.

doi:10.1007/BF00314875

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The isolation of osmotic-remedial conditional lethal mutants of Candida albicans.

Current genetics - 1 Apr 1990

Payton M A, de Tiani M

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We have developed a method for the isolation of a broad range of conditional lethal mutants of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. The method substantially alleviates the problems posed by the diploid nature, and the biased mutant spectrum, exhibited by most strains of this organism. We have...

Topics

Candida albicans
Cell Wall
Culture Media
Genes, Fungal
Genes, Lethal
Mutation
Osmotic Fragility
Phenotype
Temperature

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