The parasexual lifestyle of Candida albicans

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-17

  Bennett, Richard J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL BUDDING; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; COEVOLUTION; COMMENSAL; CONJUGATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MATING; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TETRAPLOIDY; ZYGOTE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938098300     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.06.017     Document Type: Review

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