N-acetylglucosamine induces white-to-opaque switching and mating in Candida tropicalis, providing new insights into adaptation and fungal sexual evolution.

Xie, Jing; Du, Han; Guan, Guobo; Tong, Yaojun; Kourkoumpetis, Themistoklis K; Zhang, Lixin; Bai, Feng-yan; Huang, Guanghua

Xie, Jing; Du, Han; Guan, Guobo; Tong, Yaojun; Kourkoumpetis, Themistoklis K; Zhang, Lixin; Bai, Feng-yan; Huang, Guanghua.

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Xie J; State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Eukaryot Cell ; 11(6): 773-82, 2012 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22544905

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Acetylglucosamine/pharmacology; Adaptation, Physiological/drug effects; Biological Evolution; Candida tropicalis/cytology; Candida tropicalis/drug effects; Genes, Mating Type, Fungal/genetics; Genes, Switch/genetics; Adaptation, Physiological/genetics; Candida tropicalis/genetics; Candida tropicalis/ultrastructure; Fungal Proteins/genetics; Fungal Proteins/metabolism; Genetic Loci; Humans; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Reproduction/drug effects; Reproduction/genetics; Species Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Acetylglucosamine / Adaptation, Physiological / Genes, Switch / Candida tropicalis / Genes, Mating Type, Fungal / Biological Evolution Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Eukaryot Cell Journal subject: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: China Country of publication: United States

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