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The iron regulatory network, established in reference strain SC5314 and derivatives, includes the central player Sef1, a transcription factor that activates iron acquisition genes in response to iron limitation. Here, we explored potential variation in this network among five diverse\n              <jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n              strains through mutant analysis, Nanostring gene expression profiling, and, for two strains, RNA-Seq. Our findings highlight four features that may inform future studies of natural variation and iron acquisition in this species. (i) Conformity: In all strains, major iron acquisition genes are upregulated during iron limitation, and a\n              <jats:italic>sef1<\/jats:italic>\n              \u0394\/\u0394 mutation impairs that response and growth during iron limitation. (ii) Response variation: Some aspects of the iron limitation response vary among strains, notably the activation of hypha-associated genes. As this gene set is tied to tissue damage and virulence, variation may impact the progression of infection. (iii) Genotype-phenotype variation: The impact of a\n              <jats:italic>sef1<\/jats:italic>\n              \u0394\/\u0394 mutation on cell wall integrity varies, and for the two strains examined the phenotype correlated with\n              <jats:italic>sef1<\/jats:italic>\n              \u0394\/\u0394 impact on several cell wall integrity genes. (iv) Phenotype discovery: DNA repair genes were induced modestly by iron limitation in\n              <jats:italic>sef1<\/jats:italic>\n              \u0394\/\u0394 mutants, with fold changes we would usually ignore. However, the response occurred in both strains tested and was reminiscent of a much stronger response described in\n              <jats:italic>Cryptococcus neoformans<\/jats:italic>\n              , a suggestion that it may have biological meaning. In fact, we observed that the iron limitation of a\n              <jats:italic>sef1<\/jats:italic>\n              \u0394\/\u0394 mutant caused recessive phenotypes to emerge at two heterozygous loci. Overall, our results show that a network that is critical for pathogen proliferation presents variation outside of its core functions.\n            <\/jats:p>\n            <jats:sec>\n              <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n              <jats:p>\n                A key virulence factor of\n                <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                is the ability to maintain iron homeostasis in the host where iron is scarce. We focused on a central iron regulator,\n                <jats:italic>SEF1<\/jats:italic>\n                . We found that iron regulator Sef1 is required for growth, cell wall integrity, and genome integrity during iron limitation. The novel aspect of this work is the characterization of strain variation in a circuit that is required for survival in the host and the connection of iron acquisition to genome integrity in\n                <jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                .\n              <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1128\/msphere.00372-24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,9]],"date-time":"2024-07-09T13:00:58Z","timestamp":1720530058000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Strain variation in the\n            <i>Candida albicans<\/i>\n            iron limitation response"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Liping","family":"Xiong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katharina","family":"Goerlich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eunsoo","family":"Do","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0868-4000","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aaron P.","family":"Mitchell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(23)00692-8"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics11060718"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.288.5468.1062"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbamcr.2020.118797"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chom.2011.07.005"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1002956"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1101\/gr.174623.114"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-018-04787-4"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/mSphere.00130-16"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/msphere.00347-22"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/mSphere.00050-17"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1007787"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/mbio.01937-22"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/msphere.00305-22"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/g3journal\/jkad151"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/mbio.03498-22"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1011109"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1099\/mic.0.26108-0"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_20_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1000217"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_21_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/IAI.73.9.5482-5492.2005"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_22_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/sciadv.1500248"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_23_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/mSphere.00169-18"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_24_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.21769\/BioProtoc.3803"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_25_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pgen.1006487"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_26_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btu048"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_27_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.xinn.2021.100141"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_28_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/nar\/gkw924"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_29_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/genetics\/iyae035"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_30_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mib.2013.09.006"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_31_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12038-020-0015-z"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_32_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pgen.1008881"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_33_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/genetics\/iyab075"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_34_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2958.2002.02976.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_35_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/EC.00108-08"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_36_2","first-page":"337","article-title":"[Function of ferric reductase FRP1 gene in Candida albicans]","volume":"49","author":"Liang Y","year":"2009","unstructured":"Liang Y, Zheng W, Wei D, Xing L, Li M. 2009. 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