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'Division of labour' in response to host oxidative burst drives a fatal Cryptococcus gattii outbreak

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A Polyphasic Approach including Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Paecilomyces paravariotii sp. nov. as a Cryptic Sister Species to P. variotii

scientific article published on 22 February 2023

A Ras GTPase associated protein is involved in the phototropic and circadian photobiology responses in fungi.

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

A gene for carotene cleavage required for pheromone biosynthesis and carotene regulation in the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

A glimpse into the basis of vision in the kingdom Mycota

scientific article (publication date: November 2010)

A new genetic linkage map of the zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus

scientific article published in 2013

A silver bullet in a golden age of functional genomics: the impact of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of fungi

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

A tetrad analysis of the basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

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Analysis of Repeat Induced Point (RIP) Mutations in Indicates Variability in the RIP Process Between Fungal Species

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Analysis of loss of pathogenicity mutants reveals that repeat-induced point mutations can occur in the Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

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Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation

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Characterisation of neutral trehalase and UDP-glucose:sterol glucosyltransferase genes from the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

Characterization of a gene (sp1) encoding a secreted protein from Leptosphaeria maculans, the blackleg pathogen of Brassica napus

scientific article published on November 2002

Characterization of an opsin gene from the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

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Congenic strains for genetic analysis of virulence traits in Cryptococcus gattii

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Congenic strains of the filamentous form of Cryptococcus neoformans for studies of fungal morphogenesis and virulence

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Conserved elements of the RAM signaling pathway establish cell polarity in the basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans in a divergent fashion from other fungi

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Contrasted patterns in mating-type chromosomes in fungi: hotspots versus coldspots of recombination

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Cryptococcus neoformans Kin1 protein kinase homologue, identified through a Caenorhabditis elegans screen, promotes virulence in mammals

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Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

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Cryptococcus neoformans gene involved in mammalian pathogenesis identified by a Caenorhabditis elegans progeny-based approach

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Cryptococcus neoformans virulence gene discovery through insertional mutagenesis

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DNA mutations mediate microevolution between host-adapted forms of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

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Development of resources for the analysis of gene function in Pucciniomycotina red yeasts

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Diversity, ecology, and evolution in Phycomyces

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Eca1, a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, is involved in stress tolerance and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 14 May 2007

Essential gene discovery in the basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans for antifungal drug target prioritization

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Expansion of Signal Transduction Pathways in Fungi by Extensive Genome Duplication

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Experimental and Natural Evolution of theCryptococcus NeoformansandCryptococcus GattiiSpecies Complex

Exploring and Exploiting the Connection between Mitochondria and the Virulence of Human Pathogenic Fungi

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Extreme diversification of the mating type-high-mobility group (MATA-HMG) gene family in a plant-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

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Ferrochelatase is a conserved downstream target of the blue light-sensing White collar complex in fungi

scientific article (publication date: August 2010)

Fungal Pathogenesis: Gene Clusters Unveiled as Secrets within the Ustilago maydis Code

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Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota

scientific article published on March 2017

Fungal diseases of canola in Australia: identification of trends, threats and potential therapies

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Fungal physiology: Red light plugs into MAPK pathway

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Galleria mellonella as a model system to study Cryptococcus neoformans pathogenesis

scientific article published on July 2005

Gene Function Analysis in the Ubiquitous Human Commensal and Pathogen Malassezia Genus

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2016)

Genomic analysis of the basal lineage fungus Rhizopus oryzae reveals a whole-genome duplication

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Genomic and Genetic Insights Into a Cosmopolitan Fungus, (Eurotiales)

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Identification of ENA1 as a virulence gene of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans through signature-tagged insertional mutagenesis

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Identification of isolates of the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans with resistance to the triazole fungicide fluquinconazole using a novel In Planta assay

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Identification of the sex genes in an early diverged fungus

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Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the Cryptococcus Genus.

scientific article published on July 2017

Isocitrate lyase is essential for pathogenicity of the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans to canola (Brassica napus).

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Isolation of conditional mutations in genes essential for viability of Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg disease of Brassicas.

scientific article published in June 2001

Light Sensing in Aspergillus fumigatus Highlights the Case for Establishing New Models for Fungal Photobiology

scientific article published on April 30, 2013

Light controls growth and development via a conserved pathway in the fungal kingdom

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Mismatch Repair of DNA Replication Errors Contributes to Microevolution in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

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Morphology and its underlying genetic regulation impact the interaction between Cryptococcus neoformans and its hosts

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Mystique of Phycomyces blakesleeanus is a peculiar mitochondrial genetic element that is highly variable in DNA sequence while subjected to strong negative selection

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Novel gene functions required for melanization of the human pathogenCryptococcus neoformans

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Openness and visibility of fungal bio(techno)logy.

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Overcoming recalcitrant transformation and gene manipulation in Pucciniomycotina yeasts

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Pathogenicity genes of phytopathogenic fungi

scientific article published on July 2001

Peroxisome function regulates growth on glucose in the basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 13 October 2006

Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight

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Phs1 and the synthesis of very long chain Fatty acids are required for ballistospore formation

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Phycomyces MADB interacts with MADA to form the primary photoreceptor complex for fungal phototropism

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Phylogenetic and Phylogenomic Definition of Rhizopus Species.

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Physiology and genetics of self-incompatibility in Echinopsis chamaecereus (Cactaceae)

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Phytochelatin synthase is required for tolerating metal toxicity in a basidiomycete yeast and is a conserved factor involved in metal homeostasis in fungi

scientific article published on March 2015

Pilaira australis sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) isolated from emu faeces in Australia

scientific article published in December 2017

Recombination hotspots flank the Cryptococcus mating-type locus: implications for the evolution of a fungal sex chromosome

scientific article published in November 2006

Rewiring of Signaling Networks Modulating Thermotolerance in the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Rising to the challenge of multiple Cryptococcus species and the diseases they cause

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Searching for genes responsible for patulin degradation in a biocontrol yeast provides insight into the basis for resistance to this mycotoxin

scientific article published on March 2013

Sensing the environment: lessons from fungi

scientific article published on January 2007

Sex and speciation: The paradox that non-recombining DNA promotes recombination

scientific article (publication date: October 2011)

Sex determination directs uniparental mitochondrial inheritance in Phycomyces.

scientific article published on 15 November 2013

Sex determination in the first-described sexual fungus

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Sexual Pheromones in the Fungi

Sit4-Associated Protein is Required for Pathogenicity of Leptosphaeria maculans on Brassica napus.

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Small scale functional genomics of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans: analysis of a 38 kb region

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Somaclonal breeding of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.)

Spontaneous and CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutation of the osmosensor histidine kinase of the canola pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

The CRISPR revolution in fungal biology and biotechnology, and beyond

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

The Phycomyces madA gene encodes a blue-light photoreceptor for phototropism and other light responses

scholarly article

The TOR Pathway Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Growth and Stress Responses of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 07 June 2019

The Uve1 endonuclease is regulated by the white collar complex to protect cryptococcus neoformans from UV damage

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The contribution of the White Collar complex to Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is independent of its light-sensing capabilities

scientific article published on 25 September 2018

The fungal gene cluster for biosynthesis of the antibacterial agent viriditoxin

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The inhibition of mating in Phycomyces blakesleeanus by light is dependent on the MadA-MadB complex that acts in a sex-specific manner.

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

The photobiology of microbial pathogenesis

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Transcriptomic responses of the basidiomycete yeast Sporobolomyces sp. to the mycotoxin patulin

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Transgene induced co-suppression during vegetative growth in Cryptococcus neoformans

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Transmission of Hypervirulence traits via sexual reproduction within and between lineages of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus gattii

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Two origins for the gene encoding alpha-isopropylmalate synthase in fungi

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