title: Comparison of the separation of Candida albicans chromosome-sized DNA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis techniques.
abstract: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis techniques were used to study chromosome-sized DNA molecules of C. albicans. Chromosome-sized DNA of two strains of Candida albicans has been resolved into 8 bands by orthogonal-field-alternation gel electrophoresis (OFAGE). Six bands were observed in chromosomal preparations of C. albicans using field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE). Differences in the electrophoretic mobilities of bands of the strains of C. albicans examined suggests that chromosome-length polymorphisms exist and make it difficult to correlate the banding patterns among strains. These correlations were facilitated, however, by assignment of C. albicans chromosomes by hybridization using a collection of cloned DNA probes specific for each of the 8 observed bands. Southern blotting showed that the 6 FIGE bands consisted of 4 singlets and 2 comigrating doublets, accounting for the 8 bands observed by OFAGE analysis. The agreement between OFAGE and FIGE analysis suggests that the C. albicans haploid genome contains a minimum of 8 chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lasker
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Carle
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Medoff
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000032:analysis*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal