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Candida albicans hyphal initiation and elongation.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Dec 2014
Lu Yang, Su Chang, Liu Haoping
Abstract excerpt
The fungus Candida albicans is a benign member of the mucosal microbiota, but can cause mucosal infections and life-threatening disseminated invasive infections in susceptible individuals. The ability to switch between yeast, pseudohyphal, and hyphal growth forms (polymorphism) is one of the most investigated virulence attributes of C. albicans. Recent studies suggest that hyphal development in C. albicans...
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