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Zinc Limitation Induces a Hyper-Adherent Goliath Phenotype in Candida albicans
13 Nov 2017
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic microorganisms often face acute micronutrient limitation during infection due to the action of host-mediated nutritional immunity. The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans is polymorphic and its morphological plasticity is one of its most widely recognised pathogenicity attributes. Here we investigated the effect of zinc, iron, manganese and copper limitation on C. albicans morphology. Restriction of...
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