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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2012

Development of a tightly regulatable copper-mediated gene switch system in dermatophytes.

Atsushi Iwata, Mohamed Mahdi Alshahni, Yayoi Nishiyama, Koichi Makimura, Shigeru Abe, Tsuyoshi Yamada

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Atsushi IwataKaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Minamigawara-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Mohamed Mahdi Alshahni
Yayoi Nishiyama
Koichi Makimura
Shigeru Abe
Tsuyoshi Yamada
Teikyo University · JPKaken Pharmaceutical (Japan) · JPNippon Veterinary and Life Science University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted gene deletion is now available for molecular genetic research of dermatophytes, and the physiological roles of several genes have been elucidated. However, this method cannot be applied to essential genes, which can be potential drug targets. To overcome this limitation, we have developed a conditional gene knockdown system using a copper-responsive promoter. The promoter sequence of the copper transporter gene CTR4 (P(CTR4)) and that of the copper efflux pump gene CRP1 (P(CRP1)) derived from Trichophyton rubrum were examined for their response to copper in Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii. P(CTR4) was demonstrated to repress expression of a reporter gene in the presence of copper, while the activity of P(CRP1) was induced by addition of copper. Importantly, P(CTR4) regulated the gene expression more tightly. Furthermore, when P(CTR4) was applied to regulate the expression of the endogenous genes ERG1 and TRP5, their conditional mutants exhibited decreased growth activity under the repressive conditions. These results suggest that the P(CTR4)-based gene regulation system represents a powerful tool for identification and characterization of a broad range of genes, including essential genes, in dermatophytes.

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ArthrodermataceaeBase SequenceBlotting, SouthernCation Transport ProteinsComputational BiologyCopperDNA PrimersGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene Knockdown TechniquesGenes, EssentialGenetic VectorsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMolecular BiologyMolecular Sequence DataReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionCation Transport ProteinsCopperDNA Primers

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PMID22610431
PMCPMC3416413
OpenAlexW2088859732

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