Term Name: | cell growth mode switching, budding to filamentous |
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Synonyms: | yeast to hyphal transition |
Definition: | The process in which a cell switches from growing as a round budding cell to growing as a filament (elongated cells attached end-to-end). An example of this is the yeast-hyphal transition of Candida albicans. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0036187] QuickGO AmiGO |