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1. Zuber J
2. Sah SK
3. Mathews DH
4. Rustchenko E
Genome-Wide DNA Changes Acquired by Candida albicans Caspofungin-Adapted Mutants.; Microorganisms; Vol 11(8). 2023 Jul 25.
1. Sah SK
2. Yadav A
3. Kruppa MD
4. Rustchenko E
Identification of 10 genes on Candida albicans chromosome 5 that control surface exposure of the immunogenic cell wall epitope β-glucan and cell wall remodeling in caspofungin-adapted mutants.; Microbiology spectrum. 2023 Jan 15.
1. Sah SK
2. Bhattacharya S
3. Yadav A
4. Husain F
5. Ndiaye ABKT
6. Kruppa MD
7. Hayes JJ
8. Rustchenko E
Multiple Genes of Candida albicans Influencing Echinocandin Susceptibility in Caspofungin-Adapted Mutants.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2022 Jan 10.
1. Xiao J
2. Zeng Y
3. Rustchenko E
4. Huang X
5. Wu TT
6. Falsetta ML
Dual transcriptome of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans interplay in biofilms.; Journal of oral microbiology; Vol 15(1), pp. 2144047. 2022 Jan 09.
1. Lowman DW
2. Sameer Al-Abdul-Wahid M
3. Ma Z
4. Kruppa MD
5. Rustchenko E
6. Williams DL
Glucan and glycogen exist as a covalently linked macromolecular complex in the cell wall of Candida albicans and other Candida species.; Cell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Vol 7. 2021 Dec.
1. Sah SK
2. Hayes JJ
3. Rustchenko E
The role of aneuploidy in the emergence of echinocandin resistance in human fungal pathogen Candida albicans.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 17(5). 2021 May.
1. Tucker C
2. Bhattacharya S
3. Wakabayashi H
4. Bellaousov S
5. Kravets A
6. Welle SL
7. Myers J
8. Hayes JJ
9. Bulger M
10. Rustchenko E
Author Correction: Transcriptional Regulation on Aneuploid Chromosomes in Diverse Candida albicans Mutants.; Scientific reports; Vol 9(1). 2019 Jul 05.
1. Yang F
2. Zhang L
3. Wakabayashi H
4. Myers J
5. Jiang Y
6. Cao Y
7. Jimenez-Ortigosa C
8. Perlin DS
9. Rustchenko E
Correction for Yang et al., "Tolerance to Caspofungin in Candida albicans Is Associated with at Least Three Distinctive Mechanisms That Govern Expression ofFKSGenes and Cell Wall Remodeling".; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Vol 62(4). 2018 Apr.
1. Tucker C
2. Bhattacharya S
3. Wakabayashi H
4. Bellaousov S
5. Kravets A
6. Welle SL
7. Myers J
8. Hayes JJ
9. Bulger M
10. Rustchenko E
Transcriptional Regulation on Aneuploid Chromosomes in Divers Candida albicans Mutants.; Scientific reports; Vol 8(1). 2018 Jan 26.
1. Suwunnakorn S
2. Wakabayashi H
3. Kordalewska M
4. Perlin DS
5. Rustchenko E
FKS2 and FKS3 genes of opportunistic human pathogen Candida albicans influence echinocandin susceptibility.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2018 Jan 22.
1. Wakabayashi H
2. Tucker C
3. Bethlendy G
4. Kravets A
5. Welle SL
6. Bulger M
7. Hayes JJ
8. Rustchenko E
Correction to: NuA4 histone acetyltransferase activity is required for H4 acetylation on a dosage-compensated monosomic chromosome that confers resistance to fungal toxins.; Epigenetics & chromatin; Vol 10(1). 2017 Nov 07.
1. Wakabayashi H
2. Tucker C
3. Bethlendy G
4. Kravets A
5. Welle SL
6. Bulger M
7. Hayes J
8. Rustchenko E
NuA4 histone acetyltransferase activity is required for H4 acetylation on a dosage-compensated monosomic chromosome that confers resistance to fungal toxins.; Epigenetics & chromatin; Vol 10(1). 2017 Oct 23.
1. Yang F
2. Zhang L
3. Wakabayashi H
4. Myers J
5. Jiang Y
6. Cao Y
7. Jimenez-Ortigosa C
8. Perlin DS
9. Rustchenko E
Tolerance to caspofungin in Candida albicans is associated with at least three distinctive mechanisms that govern expression of FKS genes and cell wall remodeling.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2017 Feb 21.
1. Suwunnakorn S
2. Wakabayashi H
3. Rustchenko E
Chromosome 5 of Human Pathogen Candida albicans Carries Multiple Genes for Negative Control of Caspofungin and Anidulafungin Susceptibility.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Vol 60(12). 2016 Dec.
1. Xiao J
2. Moon Y
3. Li L
4. Rustchenko E
5. Wakabayashi H
6. Zhao X
7. Feng C
8. Gill SR
9. McLaren S
10. Malmstrom H
11. Ren Y
12. Quivey R
13. Koo H
14. Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT
Candida albicans Carriage in Children with Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and Maternal Relatedness.; PloS one; Vol 11(10). 2016.
1. Kravets A
2. Yang F
3. Bethlendy G
4. Cao Y
5. Sherman F
6. Rustchenko E
Adaptation of Candida albicans to growth on sorbose via monosomy of chromosome 5 accompanied by duplication of another chromosome carrying a gene responsible for sorbose utilization.; FEMS yeast research; Vol 14(5). 2014 Aug.
1. Yang F
2. Kravets A
3. Bethlendy G
4. Welle S
5. Rustchenko E
Chromosome 5 monosomy of Candida albicans controls susceptibility to various toxic agents, including major antifungals.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy; Vol 57(10). 2013 Oct.
1. Ahmad A
2. Kravets A
3. Rustchenko E
Transcriptional regulatory circuitries in the human pathogen Candida albicans involving sense--antisense interactions.; Genetics; Vol 190(2). 2012 Feb.
1. Yang F
2. Yan TH
3. Rustchenko E
4. Gao PH
5. Wang Y
6. Yan L
7. Cao YY
8. Wang QJ
9. Ji H
10. Cao YB
11. Jiang YY
High-frequency genetic contents variations in clinical Candida albicans isolates.; Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin; Vol 34(5). 2011.
1. Kravets A
2. Qin H
3. Ahmad A
4. Bethlendy G
5. Gao Q
6. Rustchenko E
Widespread occurrence of dosage compensation in Candida albicans.; PloS one; Vol 5(6). 2010.
1. Ahmad A
2. Kabir MA
3. Kravets A
4. Andaluz E
5. Larriba G
6. Rustchenko E
Chromosome instability and unusual features of some widely used strains of Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 25(6). 2008 Jun.
1. Andaluz E
2. Gómez-Raja J
3. Hermosa B
4. Ciudad T
5. Rustchenko E
6. Calderone R
7. Larriba G
Loss and fragmentation of chromosome 5 are major events linked to the adaptation of rad52-DeltaDelta strains of Candida albicans to sorbose.; Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B; Vol 44(8). 2007 Aug.
1. Rustchenko E
Chromosome instability in Candida albicans.; FEMS yeast research; Vol 7(1). 2007 Jan.
1. Rustchenko E
Specific chromosome alterations of Candida albicans: mechanism for adaptation to pathogenicity; In: Introduction to the evolutionary biology of bacterial and fungal pathogens. Edited by C. Nombela, F. Baquero, J. A. Gutiérrez-Fuentes, ASM Press. 2007 Jan 01.
1. Rustchenko E
Chromosome instability in Candida albicans.; FEMS Yeast Research; Vol 7(3), pp. 1-11. 2007 Jan 01.
1. Rustchenko E
Specific chromosome alterations of Candida albicans: mechanisms for adaptation to pathogenicity; Evolutionary biology of bacterial and fungal pathogens. Edited by C. Nombela, G. H. Cassel, F. Baquero and J. A. Gutiérrez-Fuentes. ASM Press. 2007 Jan 01.
1. Wellington M
2. Kabir MA
3. Rustchenko E
5-fluoro-orotic acid induces chromosome alterations in genetically manipulated strains of Candida albicans.; Mycologia; Vol 98(3). 2006 May.
1. Greenberg JR
2. Price NP
3. Oliver RP
4. Sherman F
5. Rustchenko E
Candida albicans SOU1 encodes a sorbose reductase required for L-sorbose utilization.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 22(12). 2005 Sep.
1. Kabir MA
2. Ahmad A
3. Greenberg JR
4. Wang YK
5. Rustchenko E
Loss and gain of chromosome 5 controls growth of Candida albicans on sorbose due to dispersed redundant negative regulators.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 102(34). 2005 Aug 23.
1. Kabir MA
2. Rustchenko E
Determination of gaps by contig alignment with telomere-mediated chromosomal fragmentation in Candida albicans.; Gene; Vol 345(2). 2005 Jan 31.
1. Wellington M
2. Rustchenko E
5-Fluoro-orotic acid induces chromosome alterations in Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 22(1). 2005 Jan 15.
1. Wang YK
2. Das B
3. Huber DH
4. Wellington M
5. Kabir MA
6. Sherman F
7. Rustchenko E
Role of the 14-3-3 protein in carbon metabolism of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 21(8). 2004 Jun.
1. Rustchenko E
Candida albicans adaptability to environmental challenges by means of specific chromosome alteration; Recent Research developments in Bacteriology. Transworld Research Network, Vol. 1, pp. 91-102. 2003 Jan 01.
1. Rustchenko E
Regulation de l?expression des genes par des modifications specifiques des chromosomes; In: Annales de l?Institut Pasteur/Actualites. Les Mycoses. Edited by F. Dromer and O. Lortholary. Elsevier, Amsterdam, publisher. 2003 Jan 01.
1. Rustchenko E
2. Sherman F
Genetic instability of Candida albicans; Fungi Pathogenic for Humans and Animals, Second Edition. Edited by D. H. Howard. Marcel Dekker, Inc., Publiser. 2002 Jan 01.
1. Janbon G
2. Sherman F
3. Rustchenko E
UV and X-ray sensitivity of Candida albicans laboratory strains and mutants having chromosomal alterations.; Revista iberoamericana de micología; Vol 18(1). 2001 Mar.
1. Huber D
2. Rustchenko E
Large circular and linear rDNA plasmids in Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 18(3). 2001 Feb.
1. Janbon G
2. Sherman F
3. Rustchenko E
Appearance and properties of L-sorbose-utilizing mutants of Candida albicans obtained on a selective plate.; Genetics; Vol 153(2). 1999 Oct.
1. Perepnikhatka V
2. Fischer FJ
3. Niimi M
4. Baker RA
5. Cannon RD
6. Wang YK
7. Sherman F
8. Rustchenko E
Specific chromosome alterations in fluconazole-resistant mutants of Candida albicans.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 181(13). 1999 Jul.
1. Janbon G
2. Sherman F
3. Rustchenko E
Monosomy of a specific chromosome determines L-sorbose utilization: a novel regulatory mechanism in Candida albicans.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Vol 95(9). 1998 Apr 28.
1. Janbon G
2. Rustchenko EP
3. Klug S
4. Scherer S
5. Sherman F
Phylogenetic relationships of fungal cytochromes c.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 13(10). 1997 Aug.
1. Rustchenko EP
2. Howard DH
3. Sherman F
Variation in assimilating functions occurs in spontaneous Candida albicans mutants having chromosomal alterations.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 143 ( Pt 5). 1997 May.
1. Rustchenko EP
2. Sherman F
Physical constitution of ribosomal genes in common strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 10(9). 1994 Sep.
1. Rustchenko EP
2. Howard DH
3. Sherman F
Chromosomal alterations of Candida albicans are associated with the gain and loss of assimilating functions.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 176(11). 1994 Jun.
1. Rustchenko EP
2. Curran TM
3. Sherman F
Variations in the number of ribosomal DNA units in morphological mutants and normal strains of Candida albicans and in normal strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 175(22). 1993 Nov.
1. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP
2. Howard DH
Multiple chromosomal and phenotypic changes in spontaneous mutants of Candida albicans.; Journal of general microbiology; Vol 139 Pt 6. 1993 Jun.
1. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP
Variations of Candida albicans electrophoretic karyotypes.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 173(20). 1991 Oct.
1. Sadhu C
2. McEachern MJ
3. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP
4. Schmid J
5. Soll DR
6. Hicks JB
Telomeric and dispersed repeat sequences in Candida yeasts and their use in strain identification.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 173(2). 1991 Jan.
1. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP
2. Sherman F
3. Hicks JB
Chromosomal rearrangements associated with morphological mutants provide a means for genetic variation of Candida albicans.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 172(3). 1990 Mar.
1. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP
Comparison of the rearranged complementation maps which code for air-carboxylase; Rev. Roum. Biochim. 2. 1985 Jan 01.