Table 4.
Strains and plasmids used in these studies
| Genotype and Description | reference | |
|---|---|---|
| C. albicans strains | ||
| CAI4 | ura3:: λimm434/ura3:: λimm434 | Fonzi and Irwin (1993) |
| URA3 auxotrophic strain | ||
| CAI4-pCaEXP | ura3:: λimm434/ura3:: λimm434-(pCaEXP URA3) | In this study |
| Wild strain transformed with pCaEXP used as a control of overexpression experiment | ||
| CYR1OE | ura3:: λimm434/ura3:: λimm434-(CYR1-pCaEXP CYR1, URA3) | In this study |
| CYR1-overexpressing strain | ||
| PDE2OE | ura3:: λimm434/ura3:: λimm434-(PDE2-pCaEXP PDE2, URA3) | In this study |
| PDE2-overexpressing strain | ||
| Plasmids | ||
| pCaEXP | URA3 and MET3 promoter integrating plasmid | R. S. Care et al. (1999) |
| CYR1-pCaEXP | Constructed by integration of CYR1 | In this study |
| PDE2-pCaEXP | Constructed by integration of PDE2 | In this study |