Publications

Papers in international journals

Zolotareva, M., Cascalheira, F., Caneiras, C., Bárbara, C., Caetano, D.M., Teixeira, M.C., "In the flow of molecular, miniaturized fungal diagnosis", Trends in Biotechnology, accepted for publication.

Viana, R., Carreiro, T., Couceiro, D., Dias, O., Rocha, I., Teixeira, M.C., “Metabolic reconstruction of the human pathogen Candida auris: using a cross-species approach for drug target prediction”, FEMS Yeast Research, 23: foad045, 2023 (BEST 2023 FEMS YEAST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD!).

Okamoto, M., Nakano, K., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Sasamoto, K., Yamaguchi, M., Teixeira, M.C., Chibana, H., “In Candida glabrata, ERMES Component GEM1 Controls Mitochondrial Morphology, mtROS, and Drug Efflux Pump Expression, Resulting in Azole Susceptibility”, Journal of Fungi, 9(2), 240, 2023.

Teixeira, M.C.**, Viana, R., Palma, M., Oliveira, J., Galocha, M., Mota, M.N., Couceiro, D., Pereira, M.G., Antunes, M., Costa, I.V., Pais, P., Parada, C., Chaouiya, C., Sá-Correia, I.**, Monteiro, P.T.**, “YEASTRACT+: a portal for the exploitation of global transcription regulation and metabolic model data in yeast biotechnology and pathogenesis”, Nucleic Acids Research, 51(D1):D785-D791, 2023. 

Almeida, J.F., Marques, M., Oliveira, V., Egas, C., Mil-Homens, D., Viana, R., Cleary, D.F.R., Huang, Y.M., Fialho, A.M., Teixeira, M.C., Gomes, N.C.M., Costa, R., Keller-Costa, T., 2023, “Marine sponge and octocoral-associated bacteria show versatile secondary metabolite biosynthesis capacities and antimicrobial activities against human pathogens”, Marine Drugs, 21:34. 

Galocha, M., Viana, R., Pais, P., Silva-Dias, A., Cavalheiro, M., Miranda, I.M., Van Ende, M., Souza, C.S., Costa, C., Branco, J., Soares, C.M., Van Dijck, P., Rodrigues, A.G.**, Teixeira, M.C.**, “Genomic evolution towards azole resistance in Candida glabrata clinical isolates unveils the importance of CgHxt4/6/7 in azole accumulation”, Communications Biology, 5: 1118, 2022. 

Pais, P.*, Galocha, M.*, Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., “Multiple genome analysis of Candida glabrata clinical isolates renders new insights into genetic diversity and drug resistance determinants”, Microbial Cell, 9(11): 174-189, 2022. 

Munro, C.A., Teixeira, M.C., “Yeast pathogenesis and drug resistance: the beauty of the BYeast”, FEMS Yeast Research (Editorial), 22:foac029, 2022. 

Silva, S.G., Paula, P., Da Silva, J.P., Mil-Homens, D., Teixeira, M.C., Fialho, A.M., Costa, R., Keller-Costa, T., “Insights into the antimicrobial activities and metabolomes of Aquimarina (Flavobacteriaceae, Bacteroidetes) species from the rare marine biosphere”, Marine Drugs, 20(7): 423, 2022. 

Okamoto, M., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Tejima, K., Sasamoto, K., Yamaguchi, M., Aoyama, T., Nagi, M., Tanabe, K., Miyazaki, Y., Nakayama, H., Sasakawa, C., Kajiwara, S., Brown, A.J.P., Teixeira, M.C., Chibana, H., “Erg25 controls host-cholesterol uptake mediated by Aus1p-associated sterol-rich membrane domains in Candida glabrata”, Frontiers in Cellular and Developmental Biology, 10:820675, 2022.

Viana, R., Couceiro, D., Carreiro, T., Dias, O., Rocha, I., Teixeira, M.C., "A Genome-scale metabolic model for the human pathogen Candida parapsilosis and Early Identification of Putative Novel Antifungal Drug Targets", Genes, 13: 303, 2022.

Pais, P., Galocha, M., California, R., Viana, R., Ola, M., Okamoto, M., Chibana, H., Butler, G., Teixeira, M.C., “Characterization of the Candida glabrata transcription factor CgMar1: role in azole susceptibility”, Journal of Fungi, 8: 61, 2022.

Cavalheiro, M., Pereira, D., Formosa-Dague, C., Leitão, C., Pais, P., Ndlovu, E., Viana, R., Pimenta, A.I., Santos, R., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Michiyo Okamoto , Mihaela Ola , Chibana, H., Fialho, A.M., Butler, G., Dague, E.**, Teixeira, M.C.**, “From the first touch to biofilm establishment by the human pathogen Candida glabrata: a genome-wide to nanoscale view”, Communications Biology, 4: 886, 2021.

Oliveira, J., Antunes, M., Godinho, C.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., Monteiro, P.T., “From a genome assembly to full regulatory network prediction: the case study of Rhodotorula toruloides putative Haa1-regulon”, BMC Bioinformatics, 22: 399, 2021. 

Godinho, C.P., Palma, M., Oliveira, J., Mota, M.N., Antunes, M, Teixeira, M.C., Monteiro, P.T., Sá-Correia, I., “The N.C.YEASTRACT and CommunityYeastract databases to study gene and genomic transcription regulation in non-conventional yeasts”, FEMS Yeast Research, 21: foab045, 2021. 

Cavalheiro, M., Romão, D., Santos, R., Mil-Homens, D., Pais, P., Costa, C., Galocha, M., Pereira, D., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Chibana, H., Fialho, A.M., Teixeira, M.C., “Role of CgTpo4 in polyamine and antimicrobial peptide resistance: determining virulence in Candida glabrata”, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22: 1376, 2021.

Pais, P.*, Oliveira, J.*, Almeida, V., Yilmaz M., Monteiro P.T.**, Teixeira, M.C.**, “Transcriptome-wide differences between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii: clues on host adaptation and probiotic activity based on promoter sequence variability”, Genomics, 113: 530-539, 2021.

Klemm, S., Baum, M., Qiu, H., Nan, Z., Cavalheiro, M., Teixeira, M.C., Tendero, C., Gapeeva, A., Adelung, R., Dague, E., Castelain, M., Formosa-Dague, C., “Development of Polythiourethane/ZnO-based anti-fouling materials and evaluation of the adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida glabrata using single-cell force spectroscopy”, Nanomaterials, 11: 271, 2021.

Galocha, M., Costa, I.V., Teixeira, M.C., “Carrier-Mediated Drug Uptake in Fungal Pathogens”, Genes, 11: 1324, 2020

Pais, P.*, Vagueiro, S.*, Mil-Homens, D., Pimenta, A.I., Viana, R., Okamoto, M., Chibana, H., Fialho, A.M., Teixeira, M.C., “A new regulator in the crossroads of oxidative stress resistance and virulence in Candida glabrata: the transcription factor CgTog1”, Virulence, 11(1):1522-1538, 2020.

Monteiro, P.T., Pedreira, T., Galocha, M., Teixeira, M.C.**, Chaouiya, C.**, “Assessing regulatory features of the current transcriptional network of Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Scientific Reports, 10: 17744, 2020.

Viana, R., Dias, O., Lagoa, D., Galocha, M., Rocha, I.**, Teixeira, M.C.**, “Genome-scale metabolic model of the human pathogen Candida albicans: a platform for drug target prediction”, Journal of Fungi, 6: 171, 2020.

Pais, P., California, R., Galocha, M., Viana, R., Ola, M., Cavalheiro, M., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Chibana, H., Butler, G., Teixeira, M.C., “Candida glabrata transcription factor Rpn4 mediates fluconazole resistance through regulation of ergosterol biosynthesis and plasma membrane permeability”, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64: e00554-20, 2020. 

Pais, P.*, Almeida, V.*, Yilmaz, M., Teixeira, M.C., “Saccharomyces boulardii: what makes it tick as successful probiotic?”, Journal of Fungi, 6: 78, 2020. 

Santos, R.*, Cavalheiro, M.*, Costa, C., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Okamoto, M., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., “Screening the Drug:H+ Antiporter family for a role in biofilm formation in Candida glabrata”, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10: 29, 2020.

Monteiro, P.T., Oliveira, J., Pais, P., Antunes, M., Palma, M., Cavalheiro, M., Galocha, M., Godinho, C.P., Martins, L.C., Bourbon, N., Mota, M.N., Ribeiro, R.A., Viana, R., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.C., “YEASTRACT+: a portal for cross-species comparative genomics of transcription regulation in yeasts”, Nucleic Acids Research, 48:D642-D649, 2020.

Galocha, M., Pais, P., Cavalheiro, M., Pereira, D., Viana, R., Teixeira, M.C., “Divergent approaches to virulence in C. albicans and C. glabrata: two sides of the same coin”, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(9). pii: E2345, 2019.

Pais, P., Galocha, M., Miranda, I.M., Rodrigues, A.G., Teixeira, M.C., “Draft genome sequences from three clinical isolates of the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata”, Microbial Resource Announcements, 8(35). pii: e00278-19, 2019.

Pais, P., Galocha, M., Viana, R., Cavalheiro, M., Pereira, D., Teixeira, M.C., “Microevolution of the pathogenic yeasts Candida albicans and Candida glabrata during antifungal therapy and host infection”, Microbial Cell, 6(3): 142 – 159, 2019.

Cavalheiro, M., Costa, C., Silva-Dias, A., Miranda, I.M., Wang, C., Pais, P., Pinto, S.N., Mil-Homens, D., Sato-Okamoto, M., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Silva, R.M., Mira, N.P., Fialho, A.M., Chibana, H., Rodrigues, A.G., Butler, G., Teixeira, M.C., “Unveiling the mechanisms of in vitro evolution towards fluconazole resistance of a Candida glabrata clinical isolate: a transcriptomics approach”, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63: e00995-18, 2019. 

Cavalheiro, M., Pais, P., Galocha, M., Teixeira, M.C., “Host-pathogen interactions mediated by MDR transporters in fungi: as pleiotropic as it gets!”, Genes, 9: 332, 2018. 

Cavalheiro, M., Teixeira, M.C., “Candida biofilms: threats, challenges and promising strategies", Frontiers in Medicine, 5: 28, 2018. 

Teixeira, M.C., Monteiro, P.T., Palma, M., Catarina, C., Godinho, C.P., Pais, P., Cavalheiro, M., Antunes, M., Lemos, A., Pedreira, T., Sá-Correia, I., YEASTRACT, an upgraded database for the analysis of transcription regulatory networks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research, 46: D348-D353, 2018. 

Romão, D.*, Cavalheiro, M.*, Mil-Homens, D., Santos, R., Pais, P., Costa, C., Takahashi-Nakaguchi, A., Fialho, A.M., Hiroji Chibana, H.**, Teixeira, M.C.**, “A new determinant of Candida glabrata virulence: the acetate exporter CgDtr1", Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7: 473, 2017. 

Godinho, C.P., Mira, N.P., Cabrito, T.R., Teixeira, M.C., Alasoo, K., Guerreiro, J. F., Sá-Correia, I., “Yeast response and tolerance to benzoic acid involves the Gcn4- and Stp1- regulated multidrug/multixenobiotic resistance transporter Tpo1”, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101(12): 5005-5018, 2017. 

Santos, R., Costa, C., Mil-Homens, D., Romão, D., de Carvalho, C.C.R., Pais, P., Mira, N.P., Fialho, A.M., Teixeira, M.C., “The multidrug resistance transporters CgTpo1_1 and CgTpo1_2 play a role in virulence and biofilm formation in the human pathogen Candida glabrata", Cellular Microbiology, 19(5): e12686, 2017. 

Monteiro, P.T., Pais, P., Costa, C., Manna, S., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.C., "The PathoYeastract database: an information system for the analysis of gene and genomic transcription regulation in pathogenic yeasts", Nucleic Acids Research, 45: D597-D603, 2017. 

Pais, P., Pires, C., Costa, C., Okamoto, M., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., “Membrane proteomics analysis of the Candida glabrata response to 5-flucytosine: unveiling the role and regulation of the drug efflux transporters CgFlr1 and CgFlr2”, Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:2045, 2016. 

Pais, P., Costa, C., Cavalheiro, M., Romão, D., Teixeira, M.C., "Transcriptional control of drug resistance, virulence and immune system evasion in pathogenic fungi: a cross-species comparison", Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 6:131, 2016. 

Costa, C., Ribeiro, J., Miranda, I.M., Silva-Dias, A.I., Cavalheiro, M., Costa-de-Oliveira, S., Rodrigues, A.G., Teixeira, M.C., "Clotrimazole drug resistance in Candida glabrata clinical isolates correlates with increased expression of the drug:H+ antiporters CgAqr1, CgTpo1_1, CgTpo3 and CgQdr2", Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:256, 2016. 

Pais, P., Costa, C., Pires, C., Shimizu, K., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., “Membrane proteome-wide response to the antifungal drug clotrimazole in Candida glabrata: role of the transcription factor CgPdr1 and the Drug:H+ Antiporters CgTpo1_1 and CgTpo1_2”, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 15(1):57-72, 2016. 

Costa, C., Ponte, A., Pais, P., Santos, R., Cavalheiro, M., Takashi, Y., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., "New mechanisms of flucytosine resistance in C. glabrata unveiled by a chemogenomics analysis in S. cerevisiae", PLoS ONE, 10(8):e0135110, 2015. 

Costa, C., Dias, P.J., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.C., "MFS multidrug transporters in pathogenic fungi: do they have real clinical impact?", Frontiers in Physiology, 5: 197, 2014. 

dos Santos, S.C., Teixeira, M.C., Dias, P.J., Sá-Correia, I., "MFS transporters required for multidrug/multixenobiotic (MD/MX) resistance in the model yeast: understanding their physiological function through post-genomic approaches", Frontiers in Physiology, 5: 180, 2014. 

Costa, C., Nunes, J., Henriques, A., Mira, N.P., Nakayama, H., Chibana, H., Teixeira, M.C., The Candida glabrata drug:H+ antiporter CgTpo3 (ORF CAGL0I10384g): role in azole drug resistance and polyamine homeostasis, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69:1767-76, 2014. 

Teixeira, M.C., Monteiro, P.T., Guerreiro, J.F., Gonçalves, J.P., Mira, N.P., dos Santos, S.C., Cabrito, T., Palma, M., Costa, C., Francisco, A.P., Madeira, S.C., Oliveira, A.L., Freitas, A.T., Sá-Correia, I., "The YEASTRACT database: an upgraded information system for the analysis of gene and genomic transcription regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Nucleic Acids Research, 42: D161-D166, 2014. 

Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., "Microbial mechanisms of tolerance to weak acid stress", Frontiers in Microbiology (Editorial), 4: 416, 2013. 

Costa, C., Henriques, A.S., Pires, C., Nunes, J., Ohno, M., Chibana, H., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.C., The dual role of Candida glabrata Drug:H+ Antiporter CgAqr1 (ORF CAGL0J09944g) in antifungal drug and acetic acid resistance, Frontiers in Microbiology, 4: 170, 2013. 

Costa, C., Pires, C., Cabrito, T.R., Renaudin, A., Ohno, M., Chibana, H., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.C., "Candida glabrata drug:H+ antiporter CgQdr2 (ORF CAGL0G08624g) confers imidazole drug resistance, being activated by the CgPdr1 transcription factor", Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57: 3159-3167, 2013. 

Teixeira, M.C., Godinho, C.P., Cabrito, T.R., Mira, N.P., Sá-Correia, I., Increased expression of the yeast multidrug resistance ABC transporter Pdr18 leads to increased ethanol tolerance and ethanol production in high gravity alcoholic fermentation, Microbial Cell Factories, 11: 98, 2012. 

Gonçalves, J.P., Francisco, A.P., Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., Oliveira, A.L., Madeira, S.C., TFRank: Network-based prioritization of regulatory associations underlying transcriptional responses. Bioinformatics, 27(22):3149-57, 2011. 

Monteiro P.T., Dias J.P., Ropers D., Oliveira A.L., Sá-Correia I., Teixeira, M.C., Freitas A.T., "Qualitative modeling and formal verification of the FLR1 gene mancozeb response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", IET Systems Biology, 5, 308-316, 2011. 

Teixeira, M.C., Mira N.P., Sá-Correia I., “A genome-wide perspective on the response and tolerance to food-relevant stresses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 22:150-156, 2011. 

Teixeira, M.C., Cabrito T.R., Hanif Z.M., Vargas R.C., Tenreiro S., Sá-Correia I., Yeast response and tolerance to polyamine toxicity involving the drug:H+ antiporter Qdr3 and the transcription factors Yap1 and Gcn4, Microbiology, 157: 945 - 956, 2011. 

Abdulrehman D., Monteiro P.T., Teixeira, M.C., Mira N.P., Lourenço A.B., dos Santos S.C., Cabrito T.R., Francisco A.P., Madeira S.C., Aires R.S., Oliveira A.L., Sá-Correia I., Freitas A.T., "YEASTRACT: Providing a programmatic access to curated transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a web services interface", Nucleic Acids Research, 39: D136-40, 2011. 

Teixeira, M.C.*, Dias P.J., Monteiro P.T., Sala A., Oliveira A.L., Freitas A.T., Sá-Correia I., "Refining current knowledge on the yeast FLR1 regulatory network by combined experimental and computational approaches", Molecular Biosystems, 6(12), 2471-2481, 2010. (*corresponding author) 

Sá-Correia I., Teixeira, M.C., "Two-dimensional Electrophoresis-based Expression Proteomics: a microbiologist’s perspective", Expert Reviews in Proteomics, 7(6), 943-953, 2010. 

Teixeira, M.C., Raposo L.R., Palma M., Sá-Correia I., "Identification of genes required for maximal tolerance to high-glucose concentrations, as those present in industrial alcoholic fermentation media, through a chemogenomics approach", OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 14(2), 201-210, 2010. 

Madeira S., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia I., Oliveira A.L., “Identification of Regulatory Modules in Time Series Gene Expression Data using a Linear Time Biclustering Algorithm”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 7: 153-165, 2010. 

Teixeira, M.C., Raposo L.R., Mira N.P., Lourenço A.B., and Sá-Correia I., "Genome-wide identification of genes required for maximal tolerance to ethanol in yeast: important role of FPS1" Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75: 5761-5772, 2009. 

Teixeira, M.C., Dias P.J., Simões T., Sá-Correia I. “Yeast adaptation to mancozeb involves the up-regulation of FLR1 under the coordinate control of Yap1, Rpn4, Pdr3 and Yrr1” Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 367: 249-255, 2008. 

Monteiro P., Mendes N., Teixeira, M.C., d´Orey S., Tenreiro S., Mira N.P., Pais H., Francisco A., Carvalho A., Lourenço A.R., Sá-Correia I., Oliveira A.L., Freitas A.T. "YEASTRACT-DISCOVERER: new tools to improve the analysis of transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Nucleic Acids Research. Database Issue, 36: D132-D136, 2008. 

Teixeira, M.C., Monteiro, P., Jain, P., Tenreiro, S., Fernandes, A.R., Mira, N.P., Alenquer, M., Freitas, A.T., Oliveira, A.L., Sá-Correia, I., “The YEASTRACT database: a tool for the analysis of transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Nucleic Acids Research, Database Issue, 34: D446-D451, 2006. 

Book chapters

Pais, P., Oliveira, J., Viana, R., Costa, I.V., Sá-Correia, I., Monteiro, P.T., Teixeira, M.C., “Prediction of gene and genomic regulation in Candida species, using the PathoYeastract database: a comparative genomics approach” In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Yeast Functional Genomics (Frederic Devaux, Ed), Springer, 2477:419-437, 2022.

Viana, R., Pais, P., Cavalheiro, M., Galocha, M., Teixeira, M.C., “Host-Induced Stress Response in Human Pathogenic Fungi”, In: Encyclopedia of Mycology (Zaragoza O. and Casadevall A., Ed.), Elsevier, vol. 1, pp. 182–196, 2021.

Pais, P., Galocha, M., Teixeira, M.C., “Genome-wide response to drugs and stress in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata”, In: Yeasts in Biotechnology and Human Health (Isabel Sá-Correia, Ed.), Springer, chapter 7, pp. 155-193, 2019.

Cavalheiro, M., Teixeira, M.C., “In the cross-road between drug resistance and virulence in fungal pathogens”, In: Stress Response Mechanisms in Fungi – Theoretical and practical aspects (Marek Skoneczny, Ed.), Springer, chapter 7, pp. 223-259, 2018. 

Cavalheiro, M., Costa, C., Pais, P., Teixeira, M.C., “Acquisition of resistance to azole antifungal drugs in Candida species: imidazoles versus triazoles”, In: Advances in Medicine and Biology (Leon V. Berhardt, Ed.), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, USA, vol.8, chapter 9, 2016.

Teixeira, M.C., Monteiro, P.T., Sá-Correia, I., 2016, "Predicting gene and genomic regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, using the YEASTRACT database: a step by step guided analysis", In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Yeast Functional Genomics (Frederic Devaux, Ed), Springer, vol 1361, 391-404, 2016.

Costa C., Pais P., Teixeira, M.C., "Multidrug resistance in pathogenic yeasts: emphasis on the role of ABC and MFS multidrug transporters", In: The Battle Against Microbial Pathogens: Basic Science, Technological Advances and Educational Programs (A. Méndez-Vilas, Ed.), Formatex, Badajoz, Spain, p. 947-954, 2015.

Teixeira, M.C., "Complex regulatory interplay between multidrug resistance and oxidative stress response in yeast: the FLR1 regulatory network as a systems biology case-study", In: Oxidative Stress - Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Effects (Lushchak V.I. & Semchyshyn H., Eds), INTECH, Vienna, Austria, 323-340, 2012.

Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., "Characterization of complex regulatory networks and identification of promoter regulatory elements in yeast: in silico and wet-lab", In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Transcriptional Regulation: Methods and Protocols (Vancura A., Ed), Springer, vol. 809, 27-48, 2012.