Candida albicans is a ubiquitous commensal of the mammalian microbiome and the most
prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. A cell-type transition between yeast and hyphal …

The fungus Candida albicans is often a benign member of the mucosal flora; however, it
commonly causes mucosal disease with substantial morbidity and in vulnerable patients it …

The interaction between Candida albicans and its host cells is characterized by a complex
interplay between the expression of fungal virulence factors, which results in adherence …

Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae switch from a yeast to a filamentous form.
In Saccharomyces, this switch is controlled by two regulatory proteins, Ste12p and Phd1p …

Pathogenic fungi have become a leading cause of human mortality due to the increasing
frequency of fungal infections in immunocompromised populations and the limited …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans is both a benign gut commensal and a
frequently fatal systemic pathogen. The interaction of C. albicans with the host's innate …

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that is found in the normal
gastrointestinal flora of most healthy humans. However, in immunocompromised patients …

Cellular differentiation, mating, and filamentous growth are regulated in many fungi by
environmental and nutritional signals. For example, in response to nitrogen limitation …

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that is found in the normal
gastrointestinal flora of most healthy humans. However, under certain environmental …

Discovered over a decade ago, white-opaque switching in the human fungal pathogen
Candida albicans is an alternation between two quasistable, heritable transcriptional states …