2018
Intrinsic cooperativity potentiates parallel cis-regulatory evolution
Sorrells T, Johnson A, Howard C, Britton C, Fowler K, Feigerle J, Weil P, Johnson A. Intrinsic cooperativity potentiates parallel cis-regulatory evolution. ELife 2018, 7: e37563. PMID: 30198843, PMCID: PMC6173580, DOI: 10.7554/elife.37563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulatory sequencesGeneral transcription factor TFIIDCis-regulatory evolutionRibosomal protein genesTranscription factor TFIIDCommon interaction partnersFungal lineagesAncestral regulatorFactor TFIIDIndependent lineagesEvolutionary eventsGenomic scaleTranscription regulatorsTranscriptional activationParallel evolutionProtein geneRegulatory proteinsSecond regulatorInteraction partnersRandom mutationsFunctional sitesIntrinsic cooperativityMcm1Rap1Regulator
2012
A Recently Evolved Transcriptional Network Controls Biofilm Development in Candida albicans
Nobile C, Fox E, Nett J, Sorrells T, Mitrovich Q, Hernday A, Tuch B, Andes D, Johnson A. A Recently Evolved Transcriptional Network Controls Biofilm Development in Candida albicans. Cell 2012, 148: 126-138. PMID: 22265407, PMCID: PMC3266547, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiofilmsCandida albicansCandidiasis, OralCandidiasis, VulvovaginalCatheter-Related InfectionsDisease Models, AnimalEvolution, MolecularFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, FungalMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStomatitis, DentureConceptsBiofilm formationPathogenic yeast Candida albicansGenome-wide approachesComplex cell behaviorsAncient genesYeast Candida albicansGenetic screenTranscriptional networksEvolutionary analysisTranscription regulatorsTranscription circuitsMammalian hostsTarget genesBiofilm networksBiofilm developmentCandida albicansGenesCell behaviorIndividual cellsSuspension culturesMedical device-associated infectionsDrug resistanceBiofilmsMicrobesRegulator