Aneuploidy Mediates Rapid Adaptation to a Subinhibitory Amount of Fluconazole in Candida albicans
Liu-liu Sun, Hao Li, Tianhua Yan, Ting Fang, Hao Wu, Yongbing Cao, Hui Lu, Yuanying Jiang, Feng Yang
Abstract
Genome instability is a hallmark of C. albicans . Aneuploidy usually causes fitness loss in the absence of stress but confers better fitness under particular stress conditions.
Topics & Concepts
FluconazoleCandida albicansAdaptation (eye)MicrobiologyAneuploidyBiologyAntifungalGeneticsGeneChromosomeNeuroscienceAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentFungal Infections and Studies