Lack of catheter infection by the efg1/efg1 cph1/cph1 double-null mutant, a Candida albicans strain that is defective in filamentous growth

Abstract

The molecular controls regulating the successful colonization of Candida albicans on foreign materials are not known. Here we show that a mutant C. albicans strain defective in filamentous growth and lacking the transcription factors Efg1p and Cph1p has a profoundly deficient potential for colonizing on polyurethane catheters.