Bio-Protocol (Jul 2015)

Genetic Transformation of Candida glabrata by Heat Shock

  • Fabian Istel,
  • Tobias Schwarzmüller,
  • Michael Tscherner,
  • Karl Kuchler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.1529
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 14

Abstract

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Here, we report a method for the transformation of Candida glabrata using a heat shock method. The protocol can be used for transformations in single well or in 96-well scale. It has been employed as an alternative method to the electroporation protocol to construct a genome-scale gene deletion collection in the human fungal pathogen Candida glabrata ATCC2001 and related strains. Furthermore, the protocol can be used to generate gene deletions in clinical isolates of Candida glabrata (C. glabrata).