Heterozygosity and segregation in Candida albicans (original) (raw)

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Strain FC18 of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans is heterozygous at a gene required for synthesis of methionine and cysteine, and yields auxotrophic derivatives by induced mitotic segregation. Derivatives of FC18 are heterozygous at other genes. Genetic analysis of C. albicans is feasible using induced mitotic recombination.

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1. William L. Whelan
   Present address: Dept. of Zoology Univ. of Iowa Iowa City, 52242, Iowa

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1. Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
   William L. Whelan, Roger M. Partridge & P. T. Magee

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Communicated by G. R. Fink

This is Article No. 9310 of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station

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Whelan, W.L., Partridge, R.M. & Magee, P.T. Heterozygosity and segregation in Candida albicans.Molec. Gen. Genet. 180, 107–113 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267358

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• Received: 27 June 1980
• Issue Date: November 1980
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267358

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