Candida infections: the role of the Rme1 protein in the formation of chlamydospores

Candida albicans is a yeast that naturally resides in the human intestinal tract, but which can prove to be a formidable pathogen in the event of a drop in the host's immune defences, responsible for superficial or generalised ailments, sometimes fatal. A research group including researchers from the Institut Pasteur has studied the morphological mechanisms facilitating infection by C. albicans.

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