2015

pH Regulates White-Opaque Switching and Sexual Mating in Candida albicans

Comparison of Switching and Biofilm Formation between MTL-Homozygous Strains of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis

Asexual propagation of a virulent clone complex in a human and feline outbreak of sporotrichosis

2014

Ste18p is a positive control element in the mating process of Candida albicans

A Ric8/synembryn homolog promotes Gpa1 and Gpa2 activation to respectively regulate cyclic AMP and pheromone signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans

The volatome of Aspergillus fumigatus

Global gene expression and focused knockout analysis reveals genes associated with fungal fruiting body development in Neurospora crassa

2013

A central role for Ras1 in morphogenesis of the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune

"Activation of an essential calcium signaling pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Kch1 and Kch2, putative low-affinity potassium transporters"

Molecular and genetic evidence for a tetrapolar mating system in the basidiomycetous yeast Kwoniella mangrovensis and two novel sibling species

Molecular and morphological data support the existence of a sexual cycle in species of the genus Paracoccidioides

2012

Motor protein Myo5p is required to maintain the regulatory circuit controlling WOR1 expression in Candida albicans

Transcriptome and functional analysis of mating in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune

ENVOY is a major determinant in regulation of sexual development in Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei)

Functional and physical interactions among Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-factor receptors

2011

A single mating-type locus composed of homeodomain genes promotes nuclear migration and heterokaryosis in the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Role of Hsl7 in morphology and pathogenicity and its interaction with other signaling components in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

Fig1 facilitates calcium influx and localizes to membranes destined to undergo fusion during mating in Candida albicans

The Galpha subunit signals through the Ste50 protein during the mating pheromone response in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

Evolution of mating within the Candida parapsilosis species group

Cryptococcal titan cell formation is regulated by G-protein signaling in response to multiple stimuli

Self-induction of a/a or alpha/alpha biofilms in Candida albicans is a pheromone-based paracrine system requiring switching

2010

Identification of a cell death pathway in Candida albicans during the response to pheromone

Basidiomycete mating type genes and pheromone signaling

Functional characterization of MAT1-1-specific mating-type genes in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora provides new insights into essential and nonessential sexual regulators

Multisite phosphorylation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae filamentous growth regulator Tec1 is required for its recognition by the E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptor Cdc4 and its subsequent destruction in vivo

Prm1 targeting to contact sites enhances fusion during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2009

The white cell response to pheromone is a general characteristic of Candida albicans strains

The tRNA modification complex elongator regulates the Cdc42-dependent mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway that controls filamentous growth in yeast

2008

Expression and function of sex pheromones and receptors in the homothallic ascomycete Gibberella zeae

"Eighty years after its discovery, Fleming's Penicillium strain discloses the secret of its sex"

Heterotrimeric G-protein subunit function in Candida albicans: both the alpha and beta subunits of the pheromone response G protein are required for mating

Mitogen-activated protein kinase Hog1 mediates adaptation to G1 checkpoint arrest during arsenite and hyperosmotic stress

The asexual yeast Candida glabrata maintains distinct a and alpha haploid mating types

Identification of mating type genes in the bipolar basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides: first insight into the MAT locus structure of the Sporidiobolales

Transitions in sexuality: recapitulation of an ancestral tri- and tetrapolar mating system in Cryptococcus neoformans

The RGS protein Crg2 regulates pheromone and cyclic AMP signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans

2007

Sexual pheromone induces diffusion of the pheromone-homologous polypeptide in the extracellular matrix of Volvox carteri

Barrier activity in Candida albicans mediates pheromone degradation and promotes mating

Ssk2 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase governs divergent patterns of the stress-activated Hog1 signaling pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans

The MAT1 locus of Histoplasma capsulatum is responsive in a mating type-specific manner

Comparative analysis of alterations in host phenotype and transcript accumulation following hypovirus and mycoreovirus infections of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

Divergence of protein kinase A catalytic subunits in Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii illustrates evolutionary reconfiguration of a signaling cascade

"Identification and characterization of MFA1, the gene encoding Candida albicans a-factor pheromone"

Role of Cdc42-Cla4 interaction in the pheromone response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2006

Pheromone-induced degradation of Ste12 contributes to signal attenuation and the specificity of developmental fate

"The vtc4 gene influences polyphosphate storage, morphogenesis, and virulence in the maize pathogen Ustilago maydis"

"Transcription factor Nrg1 mediates capsule formation, stress response, and pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans"

Genome-scale analysis reveals Sst2 as the principal regulator of mating pheromone signaling in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

"SST2, a regulator of G-protein signaling for the Candida albicans mating response pathway"

Analysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling specificity in response to hyperosmotic stress: use of an analog-sensitive HOG1 allele

"Ebs1p, a negative regulator of gene expression controlled by the Upf proteins in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae"

The predicted G-protein-coupled receptor GPR-1 is required for female sexual development in the multicellular fungus Neurospora crassa

Pheromones are essential for male fertility and sufficient to direct chemotropic polarized growth of trichogynes during mating in Neurospora crassa

Effect of sequence-directed nucleosome disruption on cell-type-specific repression by alpha2/Mcm1 in the yeast genome

"Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor mutants reveal residues critical for processing, activity, and export"

2005

Polarized morphogenesis regulator Spa2 is required for the function of putative stretch-activated Ca2+-permeable channel component Mid1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Unique aspects of gene expression during Candida albicans mating and possible G(1) dependency

A Rac homolog functions downstream of Ras1 to control hyphal differentiation and high-temperature growth in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Sex-specific homeodomain proteins Sxi1alpha and Sxi2a coordinately regulate sexual development in Cryptococcus neoformans

Mating type loci of Sporisorium reilianum: novel pattern with three a and multiple b specificities

Role for RNA-binding proteins implicated in pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis

Functional characterization of an alpha-factor-like Sordaria macrospora peptide pheromone and analysis of its interaction with its cognate receptor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

"Molecular and functional analyses of poi-2, a novel gene highly expressed in sexual and perithecial tissues of Neurospora crassa"

The high-mobility-group domain transcription factor Rop1 is a direct regulator of prf1 in Ustilago maydis

"A homolog of Ste6, the a-factor transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is required for mating but not for monokaryotic fruiting in Cryptococcus neoformans"

"Autocrine, mitogenic pheromone receptor loop of the ciliate Euplotes raikovi: pheromone-induced receptor internalization"

The function of the coding sequences for the putative pheromone precursors in Podospora anserina is restricted to fertilization

2004

The Ras/protein kinase A pathway acts in parallel with the Mob2/Cbk1 pathway to effect cell cycle progression and proper bud site selection

Response of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mpk1 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway to increases in internal turgor pressure caused by loss of Ppz protein phosphatases

The Gbeta-subunit-encoding gene bpp1 controls cyclic-AMP signaling in Ustilago maydis

The exchange factor Cdc24 is required for cell fusion during yeast mating

An ste20 homologue in Ustilago maydis plays a role in mating and pathogenicity

Mutation of the regulator of G protein signaling Crg1 increases virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Lipid raft polarization contributes to hyphal growth in Candida albicans

Prm1 prevents contact-dependent lysis of yeast mating pairs

2003

Guanyl nucleotide exchange factor Sql2 and Ras2 regulate filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis

Chitin synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to supplementation of growth medium with glucosamine and cell wall stress

Alpha-pheromone-induced 'shmooing' and gene regulation require white-opaque switching during Candida albicans mating

Mating and pathogenic development of the Smut fungus Ustilago maydis are regulated by one mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade

Posttranslational modifications required for cell surface localization and function of the fungal adhesin Aga1p

"MFalpha1, the gene encoding the alpha mating pheromone of Candida albicans"

"Recapitulation of the sexual cycle of the primary fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii: implications for an outbreak on Vancouver Island, Canada"

Phospholipid-binding protein Cts1 controls septation and functions coordinately with calcineurin in Cryptococcus neoformans

Pheromone-induced G2 arrest in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis

2002

Role of Fig2p in agglutination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Pheromones stimulate mating and differentiation via paracrine and autocrine signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans

Adenylyl cyclase functions downstream of the Galpha protein Gpa1 and controls mating and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans

"Molecular analysis of CPRalpha, a MATalpha-specific pheromone receptor gene of Cryptococcus neoformans"

"The Glc7p-interacting protein Bud14p attenuates polarized growth, pheromone response, and filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"

"Multiple functions of mfa-1, a putative pheromone precursor gene of Neurospora crassa"

"ras2 Controls morphogenesis, pheromone response, and pathogenicity in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis"

Mating-type locus of Cryptococcus neoformans: a step in the evolution of sex chromosomes

GTPase-activating proteins for Cdc42

Mating-type-specific and nonspecific PAK kinases play shared and divergent roles in Cryptococcus neoformans

Maintenance of mating cell integrity requires the adhesin Fig2p