FIG. 6.

EAP1 mRNA abundance for in vivo biofilm-associated or in vitro sessile C. albicans YJB6284 cells compared to that for suspension-grown cells. Five hundred nanograms of RNA harvested from biofilm-associated C. albicans cells isolated from the rat central venous catheter model, from sessile cells cultured in RPMI 1640, or from suspension-grown cells was used in separate quantitative RT-PCRs. ACT1 expression was used as an internal control. Data represent the x-fold changes in EAP1 expression in sessile versus planktonic cells. Error bars indicate the standard deviations for two independent experiments.