Isolation and characterization of yeast monomorphic mutants of Candida albicans.

Abstract:

:A method was devised for the isolation of yeast monomorphic (LEV) mutants of Candida albicans. By this procedure, about 20 stable yeast-like mutants were isolated after mutagenesis with ethyl methane sulfonate. The growth rate of the mutants in different carbon sources, both fermentable and not, was indistinguishable from that of the parental strain, but they were unable to grow as mycelial forms after application of any of the common effective inducers, i.e., heat shock, pH alterations, proline addition, or use of GlcNAc as the carbon source. Studies performed with one selected strain demonstrated that it had severe alterations in the chemical composition of the cell wall, mainly in the levels of chitin and glucans, and in specific mannoproteins, some of them recognizable by specific polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. It is suggested that these structural alterations hinder the construction of a normal hyphal wall.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Elorza MV,Sentandreu R,Ruiz-Herrera J

doi

10.1128/jb.176.8.2318-2325.1994

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-04-01 00:00:00

pages

2318-25

issue

8

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

176

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