2013
Identification and characterization of a previously undescribed family of sequence-specific DNA-binding domains
Lohse M, Hernday A, Fordyce P, Noiman L, Sorrells T, Hanson-Smith V, Nobile C, DeRisi J, Johnson A. Identification and characterization of a previously undescribed family of sequence-specific DNA-binding domains. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 7660-7665. PMID: 23610392, PMCID: PMC3651432, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221734110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCandida albicansChromatin ImmunoprecipitationComputational BiologyDNADNA-Binding ProteinsFungal ProteinsGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMultigene FamilyProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsTranscription, GeneticConceptsSequence-specific DNA-binding proteinsDNA-binding domainWhite-opaque switchingDNA-binding proteinsTranscriptional regulatorsOpaque cellsGenome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitationHuman fungal pathogen Candida albicansSequence-specific DNA-binding domainFungal pathogen Candida albicansHeritable cell typesCis-regulatory sequencesGene regulatory proteinsRNA-binding proteinFraction of genesMajor fungal pathogenPathogen Candida albicansDeletion mutant strainAspects of biologySequence-specific mannerGene expression profilingDeep conservationCurrent annotationEvolutionary timeSmall clade
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