Variation in lipid and sterol contents in Candida albicans white and opaque phenotypes.

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Variation in lipid and sterol contents in Candida albicans white and opaque phenotypes.

Journal of medical and veterinary mycology : bi-monthly publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology - 1 Jan 1990

Ghannoum M A, Swairjo I, Soll D R

Abstract excerpt

In the white-opaque transition, cells of Candida albicans strain WO-1 switch reversibly and at high frequency between phases which differ both in colony and cellular phenotype. The lipid and sterol contents of the two phases were compared. White cells were higher in lipid and sterol contents in b...

Topics

Antifungal Agents
Candida albicans
Chromatography, Gas
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Fatty Acids
Humans
Lipids
Phenotype
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
Sterols

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PMID: 2199656

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