White-opaque Switching in Different Mating Type-like Locus Gene Types of Clinical Candida albicans Isolates

Background: Candida albicans (C. albicans) can become a pathogen causing superficial as well as life-threatening systemic infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Many phenotypic attributes contribute to its capacity to colonize human organs. In our study, 93 C. albicans isolates from p...

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Main Authors: Hou-Min Li, Yumi Shimizu-Imanishi, Reiko Tanaka, Ruo-Yu Li, Takashi Yaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2016-01-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2016;volume=129;issue=22;spage=2725;epage=2732;aulast=Li