WO-2, a stable aneuploid derivative of Candida albicans strain WO-1, can switch from white to opaque and form hyphae.

doi:10.1099/00221287-143-2-289

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WO-2, a stable aneuploid derivative of Candida albicans strain WO-1, can switch from white to opaque and form hyphae.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 1997

Magee B B, Magee P T

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Candida albicans strain WO-2 was isolated as a spontaneous derivative of the white-opaque switching strain WO-1. The electrophoretic karyotype of WO-2 lacks two bands which are found in the parent. These bands correspond to one homologue of chromosome 7 and to a translocation product containing p...

Topics

Aneuploidy
Candida albicans
Chromosome Mapping
Gene Rearrangement
Genome, Fungal
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic
Translocation, Genetic

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