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Studium funkce vybraných genů v koloniích divokých kmenů kvasinek / Study of the function of selected genes in the colonies of wild yeast strains

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from the wild are able to exhibit multicellular social behaviour and to form complex structured colonies resembling in many properties highly resistant biofilms of pathogenic yeasts. The capability of phenotypic variability, i.e. high frequency transition between two or more different phenotypes, is another feature typical for the wild yeast strains. Such phenotypic changes are in case of pathogenic yeast often connected with changes in virulence and resistance to stress and antifungal treatment. Long-term cultivation of the wild yeast strains under laboratory conditions leads to their domestication, i.e. transition to smooth colonies and loss of some features typical for structured colonies. This process is, similarly to phenotypic switching, accompanied by significant changes in gene expression and global change of colony lifestyle. Mechanisms underlying yeast phenotypic transitions are ascribed to epigenetic regulation of gene expression via transcriptional silencing conferred by histone deacetylases. This work deals with the study of such mechanisms using knock-outs of selected genes with putative function in formation of structured colonies in wild and domesticated strains. The achieved results show, that NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase Sir2p influences...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:323615
Date January 2013
CreatorsTarabová, Eva
ContributorsKuthan, Martin, Heidingsfeld, Olga
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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