Environmental and genetic regulation of white-opaque switching in Candida tropicalis

What is it about?

Environment-microbe interactions shape the capacity of a microbe to properly respond to environmental fluctuations. In this study, the authors investigate the environmental and genetic regulatory mechanisms of white-opaque switching, a typical phenotypic switching system, in the human fungal pathogen Candida tropicalis. The unique regulatory mechanisms in response to environmental changes reflect the ability of C. tropicalis to adapt to its natural ecological niches.

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