Epigenetic control of pheromone MAPK signaling determines sexual fecundity in Candida albicans [Genetics]

Several pathogenic Candida species are capable of heritable and reversible switching between two epigenetic states, "white" and "opaque." In Candida albicans, white cells are essentially sterile, whereas opaque cells are mating-proficient. Here, we interrogate the mechanism by which the white-opaque switch regulates sexual fecundity and identify four genes in the...

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