White cells facilitate opposite- and same-sex mating of opaque cells in Candida albicans.
Modes of sexual reproduction in eukaryotic organisms are extremely diverse. The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans undergoes a phenotypic switch from the white to the opaque phase in order to become mating-competent. In this study, we report that functionally- and morphologically-differentiated...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199524?pdf=render |