Phenotypic switching
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Phenotypic switching (a.k.a. phenotypic dimorphism) is switching between two cell-types. (from Candida albicans "To infect host tissue, the usual unicellular yeast-like form of Candida albicans reacts to environmental cues and switches into an invasive, multicellular filamentous form. This switching between two cell-types is known as dimorphism.")
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- Endocrine Abstracts"Are Hox genes responsible for the phenotypic switching and zonation of the adult adrenal cortex?"
- American Society for Clinical Investigation "Phenotypic switching in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans"
- American Society for Microbiology "Control of White-Opaque Phenotypic Switching in Candida albicans by the Efg1p Morphogenetic Regulator"
- Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections "Repeated phenotypic switching of HIV-1 in AIDS patients sampled regularly over 2 years."
