Examining the Effects of BRG1 Over-expression on Candida Albicans Strains Growing As Pseudohyphae

Overview

Journal Folia Microbiol (Praha)

Publisher Springer

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2023 Jan 19

PMID 36656405

Authors

Joseph Mariscal

Derek P Thomas

Ian A Cleary

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Abstract

The pathogen Candida albicans is pleiomorphic and grows in yeast and filamentous forms but the relationship between the regulation of different filamentous forms is unclear. BRG1 encodes a DNA binding protein which is an important regulator of morphology. Mutants lacking BRG1 grow as yeast under all conditions tested and over-expressing BRG1 drives hyphal growth even in the absence of inducing signals. A number of genetic mutants in repressors of filamentation form pseudohyphae under yeast conditions and some of these mutants can form hyphae under hypha-inducing conditions. This study examines the position of BRG1 in the regulatory networks that govern filamentation by examining the effect of over-expressing BRG1 in pseudohyphal mutants.

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