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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 7, Pages 295-303Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.04.007
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 DE015873]
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at the NIH
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The Gene Ontology (GO) is a structured controlled vocabulary developed to describe the roles and locations of gene products in a consistent manner and in a way that can be shared across organisms. The unicellular fungus Candida, albicans is similar in many ways to the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae but, as both a commensal and a pathogen of humans, differs greatly in its lifestyle. With an expanding at-risk population of immunosuppressed patients, increased use of invasive medical procedures, the increasing prevalence of drug resistance and the emergence of additional Candida species as serious pathogens, it has never been more crucial to improve our understanding of Candida biology to guide the development of better treatments. In this brief review, we examine the importance of GO in the annotation of C. albicans gene products, with a focus on those involved in pathogenesis. We also discuss how sequence information combined with GO facilitates the transfer of knowledge across related species and the challenges and opportunities that such an approach presents.
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