Completion of a parasexual cycle in Candida albicans by induced chromosome loss in tetraploid strains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2505-2515

  Bennett, Richard J ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome loss; Mating; Meiosis; Parasexual; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETRAPLOIDY;

ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DEATH; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038577154     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg235     Document Type: Article

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