Hemin induces germ tube formation in Candida albicans
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Hemin induces germ tube formation in Candida albicans.
Hemin induced germination of Candida albicans blastoconidia when cells grown up to the early exponential phase were shifted from 28 to 37 degrees C (70 to 75% of cells exhibited germ tubes). N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc), another inducer of myceliation in this fungus, caused a similar effect. The combination of hemin and GlcNAc resulted in a higher percentage (95%) of blastoconidial germinati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4360-4364.1997