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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2004

Rapid quantification of drug resistance gene expression in Candida albicans by reverse transcriptase LightCycler PCR and fluorescent probe hybridization.

Joao P Frade, David W Warnock, Beth A Arthington-Skaggs

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joao P FradeDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
David W Warnock
Beth A Arthington-Skaggs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USNational Center for Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a rapid, sensitive, and reproducible assay to quantify Candida albicans ACT1, CDR1, CDR2, ERG11, and MDR1 mRNA using a two-step reverse transcription and LightCycler real-time PCR (RT-LightCycler PCR) method with sequence-specific hybridization probes. We compared RT-LightCycler PCR with Northern hybridization for quantitative analysis of gene expression in isolates with various fluconazole susceptibilities. Specificity of each LightCycler PCR was verified by LightCycler melting curve analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis of amplified products. Correlation of quantification results between RT-LightCycler PCR and Northern hybridization yielded correlation coefficients of > or = 0.91 for all genes except MDR1 (0.74). In this case, reduced correlation was due to the inability of Northern hybridization to accurately quantify the high MDR1 expression in a susceptible dose-dependent isolate which was shown by RT-LightCycler PCR to overexpress MDR1 >200-fold relative to the other isolates tested. In four isolates, low levels of CDR2 mRNA were detected by RT-LightCycler PCR but were undetectable by Northern hybridization. mRNA quantification by RT-LightCycler PCR correlates with Northern hybridization and offers additional advantages, including increased sensitivity and speed of analysis, along with lower RNA concentration requirements and an increased dynamic range of signal detection.

Indexed as

Genes, FungalBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernCandida albicansCandidiasisDNA, FungalDNA PrimersDrug Resistance, FungalGene ExpressionHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycologyReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerDNA, FungalDNA PrimersRNA, FungalRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID15131174
PMCPMC404661
OpenAlexW2118299489

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