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

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Magee, B B ^a   Magee, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Candida albicans; Chromosome loss; HIS1; LEU2

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIPLOIDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0031058627     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-289     Document Type: Article

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