Deletion of a Yci1 Domain Protein of Candida albicans Allows Homothallic Mating in MTL Heterozygous Cells

It has been proposed that the ancestral fungus was mating competent and homothallic. However, many mating-competent fungi were initially classified as asexual because their mating capacity was hidden behind layers of regulation. For efficient in vitro mating, the essentially obligate diploid ascomyc...

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Main Authors: Yuan Sun, Christine Gadoury, Matthew P. Hirakawa, Richard J. Bennett, Doreen Harcus, Anne Marcil, Malcolm Whiteway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e00465-16