Recent Publications

• 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.