Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Candida albicans CaLY188 compared to the wild type SN152 A fluconazole-resistant variant Candida albicans strain CaLY188 with trisomy of Chromosome R was selected to carry out the expression profile microarray. Two-condition experiment, CaLY188 vs.SN152. Biological replicates: 2 control, 2 transfected, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:To investigate the diversity of gene contents of Candida albicans strain by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH; aCGH). A fluconazole-resistant variant Candida albicans strain CaLY188 was selected to carry out the comparative genomics microarray. Two-condition experiment, CaLY188 vs.SN152. Biological replicates: 2 control, 2 transfected, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:Aneuploidy and the evolution of aneuploid karyotypes of Candida albicans strains was identified using aCGH. Whole chromosome and segmental aneuploidies, (specifically on the left arm of chromosome 5 - shown to be due to isochromosome formation) are associated with the appearance of resistance to the antifungal drug fluconazole. Keywords: Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Project description:Candida albicans lab strain SC5314 was daily passaged in YPD broth supplemented with fluconazole. Some fluconazole-resistant and some fluconazole-tolerant adaptors were sequenced.
Project description:The leucine CUG codon was reassigned to serine in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. To clarify the biological role of this tuneable codon ambiguity on drug resistance, we evolved C. albicans strains that were engineered to mistranslate the CUG codon at constitutively elevated levels, in the presence and absence of the antifungal drug fluconazole. Elevated levels of mistranslation resulted in the rapid acquisition of resistance to fluconazole.
