Phenotypic Profiling Reveals that <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> Opaque Cells Represent a Metabolically Specialized Cell State Compared to Default White Cells

ABSTRACT The white-opaque switch is a bistable, epigenetic transition affecting multiple traits in Candida albicans including mating, immunogenicity, and niche specificity. To compare how the two cell states respond to external cues, we examined the fitness, phenotypic switching, and filamentation p...

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Main Authors: Iuliana V. Ene, Matthew B. Lohse, Adrian V. Vladu, Joachim Morschhäuser, Alexander D. Johnson, Richard J. Bennett
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d6317922d0f9460fb24513632b548dce
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