Table 1 C. albicans strains used in this study

Clinical isolate SC5314

URA3/URA3

[31]

CAF4-2 (parental strain)

ura3::imm434/ura3::imm434

[32]

sap2 (M12/BH52-1-17)

sap2::hisG/sap2::hisG-URA3-hisG

[33]

sap5 (DSY452)

sap5::hisG/sap5::hisG-URA3-hisG

[34]

sap6 (DSY346)

sap6::hisG/sap6::hisG-URA3-hisG

[34]

sap4/5 (M28)

sap4::hisG/sap4::hisG sap5::hisG/sap5::hisG-URA3-hisG

[35]

sap4/6 (M30)

sap6::hisG/sap6::hisG sap4::hisG/sap4::hisG-URA3-hisG

[34]

sap5/6 (DSY437)

sap6::hisG/sap6::hisG sap5::hisG/sap5::hisG-URA3-hisG

[35]

sap6 with pCIp10 (M1065)

sap6::hisG/sap6::hisG pCIp10

[35]

sap6 with pCIp10-SAP6 (M1067)

sap6::hisG/sap6::hisG pCIp10-SAP6

[35]

sap9 (M1018)

sap9::hisG/sap9::hisG-URA3-hisG

[22, 26]

sap10 (M1171)

sap10::hisG/sap10::hisG-URA3-hisG

[22, 26]