Farnesol restores wild-type colony morphology to 96% of Candida albicans colony morphology variants recovered following treatment with mutagens

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-353

  Jensen, Ellen C ^a   Hornby, Jacob M ^b,c   Pagliaccetti, Nicole E ^a   Wolter, Chuleeon M ^a   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^b   Atkin, Audrey L ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Farnesol remedial mutants; Farnesol sensing mutants; Farnesol synthesis mutants; Morphological transition; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33745140101     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g05-117     Document Type: Article

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