URMC / Labs / Rustchenko-Bulgac Lab / Publications Recent Publications Zuber JSah SKMathews DHRustchenko E Genome-Wide DNA Changes Acquired by Candida albicans Caspofungin-Adapted Mutants.; Microorganisms; Vol 11(8). 2023 Jul 25. Sah SKYadav AKruppa MDRustchenko 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. Sah SKBhattacharya SYadav AHusain FNdiaye ABKTKruppa MDHayes JJRustchenko E Multiple Genes of Candida albicans Influencing Echinocandin Susceptibility in Caspofungin-Adapted Mutants.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2022 Jan 10. Xiao JZeng YRustchenko EHuang XWu TTFalsetta ML Dual transcriptome of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans interplay in biofilms.; Journal of oral microbiology; Vol 15(1), pp. 2144047. 2022 Jan 09. Lowman DWSameer Al-Abdul-Wahid MMa ZKruppa MDRustchenko EWilliams 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. Sah SKHayes JJRustchenko E The role of aneuploidy in the emergence of echinocandin resistance in human fungal pathogen Candida albicans.; PLoS pathogens; Vol 17(5). 2021 May. Tucker CBhattacharya SWakabayashi HBellaousov SKravets AWelle SLMyers JHayes JJBulger MRustchenko E Author Correction: Transcriptional Regulation on Aneuploid Chromosomes in Diverse Candida albicans Mutants.; Scientific reports; Vol 9(1). 2019 Jul 05. Yang FZhang LWakabayashi HMyers JJiang YCao YJimenez-Ortigosa CPerlin DSRustchenko 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. Tucker CBhattacharya SWakabayashi HBellaousov SKravets AWelle SLMyers JHayes JJBulger MRustchenko E Transcriptional Regulation on Aneuploid Chromosomes in Divers Candida albicans Mutants.; Scientific reports; Vol 8(1). 2018 Jan 26. Suwunnakorn SWakabayashi HKordalewska MPerlin DSRustchenko E FKS2 and FKS3 genes of opportunistic human pathogen Candida albicans influence echinocandin susceptibility.; Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2018 Jan 22. Wakabayashi HTucker CBethlendy GKravets AWelle SLBulger MHayes JJRustchenko 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. Wakabayashi HTucker CBethlendy GKravets AWelle SLBulger MHayes JRustchenko 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. Yang FZhang LWakabayashi HMyers JJiang YCao YJimenez-Ortigosa CPerlin DSRustchenko 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. Suwunnakorn SWakabayashi HRustchenko 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. Xiao JMoon YLi LRustchenko EWakabayashi HZhao XFeng CGill SRMcLaren SMalmstrom HRen YQuivey RKoo HKopycka-Kedzierawski DT Candida albicans Carriage in Children with Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and Maternal Relatedness.; PloS one; Vol 11(10). 2016. Kravets AYang FBethlendy GCao YSherman FRustchenko 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. Yang FKravets ABethlendy GWelle SRustchenko 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. Ahmad AKravets ARustchenko E Transcriptional regulatory circuitries in the human pathogen Candida albicans involving sense--antisense interactions.; Genetics; Vol 190(2). 2012 Feb. Yang FYan THRustchenko EGao PHWang YYan LCao YYWang QJJi HCao YBJiang YY High-frequency genetic contents variations in clinical Candida albicans isolates.; Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin; Vol 34(5). 2011. Kravets AQin HAhmad ABethlendy GGao QRustchenko E Widespread occurrence of dosage compensation in Candida albicans.; PloS one; Vol 5(6). 2010. Ahmad AKabir MAKravets AAndaluz ELarriba GRustchenko E Chromosome instability and unusual features of some widely used strains of Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 25(6). 2008 Jun. Andaluz EGómez-Raja JHermosa BCiudad TRustchenko ECalderone RLarriba 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. Rustchenko E Chromosome instability in Candida albicans.; FEMS yeast research; Vol 7(1). 2007 Jan. 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. Rustchenko E Chromosome instability in Candida albicans.; FEMS Yeast Research; Vol 7(3), pp. 1-11. 2007 Jan 01. 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. Wellington MKabir MARustchenko E 5-fluoro-orotic acid induces chromosome alterations in genetically manipulated strains of Candida albicans.; Mycologia; Vol 98(3). 2006 May. Greenberg JRPrice NPOliver RPSherman FRustchenko E Candida albicans SOU1 encodes a sorbose reductase required for L-sorbose utilization.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 22(12). 2005 Sep. Kabir MAAhmad AGreenberg JRWang YKRustchenko 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. Kabir MARustchenko E Determination of gaps by contig alignment with telomere-mediated chromosomal fragmentation in Candida albicans.; Gene; Vol 345(2). 2005 Jan 31. Wellington MRustchenko E 5-Fluoro-orotic acid induces chromosome alterations in Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 22(1). 2005 Jan 15. Wang YKDas BHuber DHWellington MKabir MASherman FRustchenko 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. 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. 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. Rustchenko ESherman 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. Janbon GSherman FRustchenko 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. Huber DRustchenko E Large circular and linear rDNA plasmids in Candida albicans.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 18(3). 2001 Feb. Janbon GSherman FRustchenko E Appearance and properties of L-sorbose-utilizing mutants of Candida albicans obtained on a selective plate.; Genetics; Vol 153(2). 1999 Oct. Perepnikhatka VFischer FJNiimi MBaker RACannon RDWang YKSherman FRustchenko E Specific chromosome alterations in fluconazole-resistant mutants of Candida albicans.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 181(13). 1999 Jul. Janbon GSherman FRustchenko 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. Janbon GRustchenko EPKlug SScherer SSherman F Phylogenetic relationships of fungal cytochromes c.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 13(10). 1997 Aug. Rustchenko EPHoward DHSherman F Variation in assimilating functions occurs in spontaneous Candida albicans mutants having chromosomal alterations.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 143 ( Pt 5). 1997 May. Rustchenko EPSherman F Physical constitution of ribosomal genes in common strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.; Yeast (Chichester, England); Vol 10(9). 1994 Sep. Rustchenko EPHoward DHSherman F Chromosomal alterations of Candida albicans are associated with the gain and loss of assimilating functions.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 176(11). 1994 Jun. Rustchenko EPCurran TMSherman 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. Rustchenko-Bulgac EPHoward DH Multiple chromosomal and phenotypic changes in spontaneous mutants of Candida albicans.; Journal of general microbiology; Vol 139 Pt 6. 1993 Jun. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP Variations of Candida albicans electrophoretic karyotypes.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 173(20). 1991 Oct. Sadhu CMcEachern MJRustchenko-Bulgac EPSchmid JSoll DRHicks JB Telomeric and dispersed repeat sequences in Candida yeasts and their use in strain identification.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 173(2). 1991 Jan. Rustchenko-Bulgac EPSherman FHicks JB Chromosomal rearrangements associated with morphological mutants provide a means for genetic variation of Candida albicans.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 172(3). 1990 Mar. Rustchenko-Bulgac EP Comparison of the rearranged complementation maps which code for air-carboxylase; Rev. Roum. Biochim. 2. 1985 Jan 01.