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A sticky situation: untangling the transcriptional network controlling biofilm development in Candida albicans.

Emily P Fox, Clarissa J Nobile

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Review in Transcription. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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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

46 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. The pathogenicity and future treatment strategies ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Impact of Biofilm Formation by VaginalJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. Cm-p5 Peptide Dimers Inhibit Biofilms ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
  9. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
    Article
  10. Anti-Metabolites · 2022
    Article
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  12. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
    Review
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  15. Antimicrobial Peptides Pom-1 and Pom-2 fromPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Article
  16. Critical reviews in microbiology · 2021
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  17. Intestinal Infection ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021
    Review
  18. A Screen for Small Molecules to TargetJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
  19. Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emily P FoxDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Clarissa J Nobile

Funding

Microbial Pathogenesis and Host DefenseT32AI060537 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Joanne N. Engel · 2004 to 2026
$6.5M
The transcriptional circuitry controlling biofilm development in Candida albicansR01AI083311 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSON, ALEXANDER D · 2011 to 2020
$4.3M
Genetic Analysis of the Transcriptional Network Governing C. albicans BiofilmsK99AI100896 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NOBILE, CLARISSA JANE · 2012 to 2012
$127k
NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI100896NIAID NIH HHS K99AI100896NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083311NIAID NIH HHS R01AI083311NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060537NIAID NIH HHS T32AI060537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida albicans is a commensal microorganism of the human microbiome; it is also the most prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. Many infections caused by C. albicans are a direct consequence of its proclivity to form biofilms--resilient, surface-associated communities of cells where individual cells acquire specialized properties that are distinct from those observed in suspension cultures. We recently identified the transcriptional network that orchestrates the formation of biofilms in C. albicans. These results set the stage for understanding how biofilms are formed and, once formed, how the specialized properties of biofilms are elaborated. This information will provide new insight for understanding biofilms in more detail and may lead to improvements in preventing and treating biofilm-based infections in the future.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBiofilmsCandida albicansGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene Regulatory NetworksTranscription FactorsTranscription Factorsbiofilm developmentCandida albicanstranscriptional regulationtranscription networks

Identifiers

PMID23117819
PMCPMC3630188

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