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. 2020 Feb 19;10:2936. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59891-7

Figure 4.

Figure 4

The mCherry-based BiFC system regulated by the Tet-on system in C. albicans. (A) Validation of split mCherry fragments unable to rejoin into a fluorescent complex. C. albicans cells from strains WCL103, WCL106, WCL107, WCL109, WCL110, and WCL117 were grown in YPD with and without 40 μg/ml doxycycline for 6 hours. The cells from strains WCL106, WCL107, and WCL117 increased in size. Red fluorescence in both the presence and absence of doxycycline was undetectable under fluorescent microscopy. The bar indicates 10 μm. (B) Examination of the mCherry-based BiFC system by the interaction of CaCdc42-CaRdi1. C. albicans cells from strains WCL111, WCL112, WCL113, WCL125, WCL108, and WCL118 were grown in YPD with and without 40 μg/ml doxycycline for 6 hours. Red fluorescence in the large cells of strains WCL118 and WCL108 was visualized by fluorescence microscopy. The other strain exhibited a background or undetectable signal. The bar indicates 10 μm. (C) Quantification of relative fluorescence intensity of the strains WCL111, WCL112, WCL113, WCL108, WCL125, and WCL118 with ImageJ. The values of bar charts derived from the integrated density of the original figures (Fig. S8) subtracting the background were analysed with one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s comparison test. ns: not statistically significant.