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Vitor Fernandes

Instituto de Ciência e Inovação para a Bio-Sustentabilidade

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Expansion, functional diversification and gene fusion events in the Ato protein family

Faezeh Ghasemi, Patrícia Ataíde, Cláudia Barata-Antunes, Yiannis Pyrris, João Alves, Vitor Fernandes, Rosana Maria Abreu Alves, Alexandra Gomes-Gonçalves, Margarida Casal, Wouter Van Genechten, Jana Viktoria Nysten, Alistair J. P. Brown, Patrick Van Dijck, Alexandros A. Pittis, George Diallinas, , Sandra Paiva

This study investigates the role of Ato proteins in carboxylic acid utilization in Candida albicans, revealing functional diversity and regulatory interactions among Ato family members.

iScience · Jun 23, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

The ATO gene family governs Candida albicans colonisation in the dysbiotic gastrointestinal tract

Rosana Maria Abreu Alves, Faezeh Ghasemi, Wouter Van Genechten, Stefanie Wijnants, Odessa Van Goethem, Cláudia Barata-Antunes, Vitor Fernandes, Patrícia Ataíde, Alexandra Gomes-Gonçalves, Rudy Vergauwen, Qinxi Ma, Ricardo Franco‐Duarte, Isabel Soares‐Silva, Margarida Casal, Alistair J. P. Brown, , Sandra Paiva

This study shows that the ATO gene family in Candida albicans is essential for acetate uptake and gut colonization, highlighting its role in fungal adaptation to the gut environment.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology