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Environmental and genetic regulation of white-opaque switching in Candida tropicalis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 2017
Zheng Qiushi, Zhang Qiuyu, Bing Jian, Ding Xuefen, Huang Guanghua
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic switching is a strategy by which microbial organisms adapt to environmental changes. The human fungal pathogens, Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis, are closely related species and capable of undergoing morphological transitions. C. albicans primarily exists in human or warm-blooded animals as a commensal, whereas C. tropicalis not only exists as a commensal but also is widely distributed in the...
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