Fungal mating: Candida albicans flips a switch to get in the mood.
Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans can mate under highly controlled conditions. It can also undergo phenotypic switching. A recent discovery joins these disparate processes to reveal that 'opaque' switch variants mate 10(6) times better than 'white' variants.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hull, CM; Heitman, J
Published Date
- November 19, 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 12 / 22
Start / End Page
- R782 - R784
PubMed ID
- 12445405
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0960-9822
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)01293-9
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England