Spaceflight enhances cell aggregation and random budding in Candida albicans.

This study presents the first global transcriptional profiling and phenotypic characterization of the major human opportunistic fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, grown in spaceflight conditions. Microarray analysis revealed that C. albicans subjected to short-term spaceflight culture differentially...

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Main Authors: Aurélie Crabbé, Sheila M Nielsen-Preiss, Christine M Woolley, Jennifer Barrila, Kent Buchanan, James McCracken, Diane O Inglis, Stephen C Searles, Mayra A Nelman-Gonzalez, C Mark Ott, James W Wilson, Duane L Pierson, Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, Linda E Hyman, Cheryl A Nickerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3851762?pdf=render