Fungal dimorphism and regulation

Takahito SUZUKI

doi:10.5685/plmorphol.7.29

Takahito SUZUKI

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Keywords: dimorphism, , , , , , Candida., pseudohypha, true hypha, budding, genetic control, Saccharomyces, Candida

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1995 Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages 29-38

DOI https://doi.org/10.5685/plmorphol.7.29

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Abstract

Numerous fungal organisms are dimorphic, exhibiting distinct morphological transitions in rcsponse to specific envirommental signals. Typicany, dimorphic fungi show either a unicellular yeast-like form or a filamentous form of attached cells. Recent investigations, including molecular genetics, on the dimorphic transitions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida yeasts have shown that the switch mechanism from the yeast-like form to the filamentous form is under genetic controls. Recent finldings of fungal dimorphic transitions have proven to be a simple model for understanding biological problems of morphogenesis and differentiation.

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