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High-frequency phenotypic switching in Candida albicans.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Feb 1993
Soll D R, Morrow B, Srikantha T
Abstract excerpt
Most strains of Candida albicans are capable of switching spontaneously and at high frequencies between a number of phenotypes distinguished by colony morphology. Unlike switching in many other microbial pathogens, switching in C. albicans is pleiotropic, affecting several morphological and physiological parameters. Recently, the first phase-specific genes were identified and shown to be regulated at the level of...
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