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ArticleCurrent protocols in microbiology2019

Monitoring Phenotypic Switching in Candida albicans and the Use of Next-Gen Fluorescence Reporters.

Corey Frazer, Aaron D Hernday, Richard J Bennett

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Article in Current protocols in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Corey FrazerMolecular Microbiology and Immunology Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Aaron D HerndayDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, California.
Richard J BennettMolecular Microbiology and Immunology Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Funding

Transcriptional Regulation of C. albicans Cell Fate and Host InteractionsR01AI081704 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Richard John Bennett · 2010 to 2026
$6.4M
Genetic Regulation of Heritable Switching in Candida albicansR01AI141893 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BENNETT, RICHARD JOHN · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Development of Quantitative Genetics Approaches in Candida albicansR21AI122011 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BENNETT, RICHARD JOHN · 2016 to 2017
$450k
Genotypic plasticity and parasex in Candida albicansR21AI112363 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BENNETT, RICHARD JOHN · 2014 to 2015
$447k
Development of a high-throughput assay for Candida albicans cell-type switchingR15AI137975 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED · PI HERNDAY, AARON D · 2019 to 2019
$444k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI081704NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141893NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI137975NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI112363NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI122011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that is able to cause both mucosal and systemic infections. It is also a frequent human commensal, where it is typically found inhabiting multiple niches including the gastrointestinal tract. One of the most remarkable features of C. albicans biology is its ability to undergo heritable and reversible switching between different phenotypic states, a phenomenon known as phenotypic switching. This is best exemplified by the white-opaque switch, in which cells undergo epigenetic transitions between two alternative cellular states. Here, we describe assays to quantify the frequency of switching between states, as well as methods to help identify cells in different phenotypic states. We also describe the use of environmental cues that can induce switching into either the white or opaque state. Finally, we introduce the use of mNeonGreen and mScarlet fluorescent proteins that have been optimized for use in C. albicans and which outperform commonly used fluorescent proteins for both fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. © 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Indexed as

Candida albicansColony Count, MicrobialCulture MediaFlow CytometryGenes, ReporterLuminescent ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescencePhenotypePolymerase Chain ReactionTransformation, GeneticCulture MediaLuminescent ProteinsCandida albicanscell identityfluorescent reportersgene expressionheritable statesphenotypic switching

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PMID30747494
PMCPMC7058127

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