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Candida albicans biofilms: more than filamentation.

López-Ribot JL

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas Research Park, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA. ribot@uthscsa.edu

Candida albicans is the fungal species most commonly associated with biofilm formation in immunosuppressed patients. Recent work offers a fresh new look at the role of filamentation in C. albicans biofilm formation, and describes the application of a powerful tool for the molecular dissection of these important developmental processes.

Published 20 June 2005 in Curr Biol, 15(12): R453-5.
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