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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Main Authors: Li Tao, Chengjun Cao, Weihong Liang, Guobo Guan, Qiuyu Zhang, Clarissa J Nobile, Guanghua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199524?pdf=render