Mol Microbiol
2021 Two ABC transport systems carry out peptide uptake in Enterococcus faecalis: Their roles in growth and in uptake of sex pheromones 2019 Effects of endogenous levels of master regulator PrgX and peptide pheromones on inducibility of conjugation in the enterococcal pCF10 system 2018 Fine-tuning cellular levels of DprA ensures transformant fitness in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae Enterococcus adhesin PrgB facilitates type IV secretion by condensation of extracellular DNA Acetate provokes mitochondrial stress and cell death in Ustilago maydis Mating-type factor-specific regulation of the fumagillin/pseurotin secondary metabolite supercluster in Aspergillus fumigatus "Social behaviours by Bacillus subtilis: quorum sensing, kin discrimination and beyond" 2017 Deciphering fungal dimorphism: Farnesol's unanswered questions SUB1 has photoreceptor dependent and independent functions in sexual development and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma reesei PrgU: a suppressor of sex pheromone toxicity in Enterococcus faecalis "Three regulators of G protein signaling differentially affect mating, morphology and virulence in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis" 2016 Transcription factor PRO1 targets genes encoding conserved components of fungal developmental signaling pathways "PepO, a CovRS-controlled endopeptidase, disrupts Streptococcus pyogenes quorum sensing" 2015 Mating type-dependent partner sensing as mediated by VEL1 in Trichoderma reesei "Enterococcus faecalis pCF10-encoded surface proteins PrgA, PrgB (aggregation substance) and PrgC contribute to plasmid transfer, biofilm formation and virulence" Induction of a quorum sensing pathway by environmental signals enhances group A streptococcal resistance to lysozyme 2014 CqsA-CqsS quorum-sensing signal-receptor specificity in Photobacterium angustum Sexual biofilm formation in Candida tropicalis opaque cells 2013 Mechanism of competence activation by the ComRS signalling system in streptococci Target evaluation of the non-coding csRNAs reveals a link of the two-component regulatory system CiaRH to competence control in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 2012 The quorum-sensing protein TraR of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is susceptible to intrinsic and TraM-mediated proteolytic instability "One if by land, two if by sea: signalling to the ranks with CSP and XIP" 2011 Biogenic ammonia modifies antibiotic resistance at a distance in physically separated bacteria Biofilm growth alters regulation of conjugation by a bacterial pheromone Insertional mutagenesis combined with an inducible filamentation phenotype reveals a conserved STE50 homologue in Cryptococcus neoformans that is required for monokaryotic fruiting and sexual reproduction A new family of quorum sensing pheromones synthesized using S-adenosylmethionine and Acyl-CoAs Rgg proteins associated with internalized small hydrophobic peptides: a new quorum-sensing mechanism in streptococci The quorum-hindered transcription factor YenR of Yersinia enterocolitica inhibits pheromone production and promotes motility via a small non-coding RNA A seven-WD40 protein related to human RACK1 regulates mating and virulence in Ustilago maydis 2010 Increasing competence in the genus Streptococcus A novel double-tryptophan peptide pheromone controls competence in Streptococcus spp. via an Rgg regulator A novel class of peptide pheromone precursors in ascomycetous fungi LuxR-type quorum-sensing regulators that are detached from common scents 2009 Identification of amino acid residues of the pheromone-binding domain of the transcription factor TraR that are required for positive control The dual specificity phosphatase Rok1 negatively regulates mating and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis Hap2 regulates the pheromone response transcription factor prf1 in Ustilago maydis Dimerization of the quorum-sensing transcription factor TraR enhances resistance to cytoplasmic proteolysis A fratricidal mechanism is responsible for eDNA release and contributes to biofilm development of Enterococcus faecalis A Candida albicans-specific region of the alpha-pheromone receptor plays a selective role in the white cell pheromone response Physical-chemical plant-derived signals induce differentiation in Ustilago maydis Peptide alarmone signalling triggers an auto-active bacteriocin necessary for genetic competence 2008 Mating type influences chromosome loss and replicative senescence in telomerase-deficient budding yeast by Dnl4-dependent telomere fusion "The role of Candida albicans FAR1 in regulation of pheromone-mediated mating, gene expression and cell cycle arrest" Protein N-glycosylation determines functionality of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall integrity sensor Mid2p A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer in Streptococcus pneumoniae and related commensal species The RGS protein Crg2 regulates both pheromone and cAMP signalling in Cryptococcus neoformans Pheromone-regulated target genes respond differentially to MAPK phosphorylation of transcription factor Prf1 2007 Competence-induced fratricide in streptococci Specificity determinants of conjugative DNA processing in the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10 and the Lactococcus lactis plasmid pRS01 2006 Molecular basis for control of conjugation by bacterial pheromone and inhibitor peptides The role of nutrient regulation and the Gpa2 protein in the mating pheromone response of C. albicans 2005 Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis A constitutively active GPCR retains its G protein specificity and the ability to form dimers "Bacillus subtilis antibiotics: structures, syntheses and specific functions" TUP1 disruption reveals biological differences between MATa and MATalpha strains of Cryptococcus neoformans 2004 Characterization of cis-acting prgQ mutants: evidence for two distinct repression mechanisms by Qa RNA and PrgX protein in pheromone-inducible enterococcal plasmid pCF10 "Interconnection of competence, stress and CiaR regulons in Streptococcus pneumoniae: competence triggers stationary phase autolysis of ciaR mutant cells" Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive protein PrgX: genetic separation of positive autoregulatory functions from those involved in negative regulation of conjugative plasmid transfer "Characterization of HOG1 homologue, CpMK1, from Cryphonectria parasitica and evidence for hypovirus-mediated perturbation of its phosphorylation in response to hypertonic stress" Identification of competence pheromone responsive genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae by use of DNA microarrays The gprA and gprB genes encode putative G protein-coupled receptors required for self-fertilization in Aspergillus nidulans Site-directed mutagenesis of a LuxR-type quorum-sensing transcription factor: alteration of autoinducer specificity "A pheromone receptor gene, pre-1, is essential for mating type-specific directional growth and fusion of trichogynes and female fertility in Neurospora crassa" The PAK family kinase Cla4 is required for budding and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis 2003 A MAP kinase cascade composed of cell type specific and non-specific elements controls mating and differentiation of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans "Inducible bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus is regulated by differential expression of the pln operons and by two antagonizing response regulators, the activity of which is enhanced upon phosphorylation" Modified yeast cells to investigate the coupling of G protein-coupled receptors to specific G proteins ComX is a unique link between multiple quorum sensing outputs and competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae "Phosphate availability regulates biosynthesis of two antibiotics, prodigiosin and carbapenem, in Serratia via both quorum-sensing-dependent and -independent pathways" 2002 The Neurospora crassa pheromone precursor genes are regulated by the mating type locus and the circadian clock A conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway is required for mating in Candida albicans Identification and characterization of genes encoding sex pheromone cAM373 activity in Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus Many of the genes required for mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are also required for mating in Candida albicans Hexose phosphorylation and the putative calcium channel component Mid1p are required for the hexose-induced transient elevation of cytosolic calcium response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Specific activation of the Bacillus quorum-sensing systems by isoprenylated pheromone variants "Transfer origins in the conjugative Enterococcus faecalis plasmids pAD1 and pAM373: identification of the pAD1 nic site, a specific relaxase and a possible TraG-like protein" Rst1 and Rst2 are required for the a/alpha diploid cell type in yeast 2001 Dominant-negative mutants of prgX: evidence for a role for PrgX dimerization in negative regulation of pheromone-inducible conjugation Identification of genes in the bW/bE regulatory cascade in Ustilago maydis The Cryptococcus neoformans STE11alpha gene is similar to other fungal mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) genes but is mating type specific Evidence for dual functionality of the operon plnABCD in the regulation of bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus plantarum Gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone: a peptide lactone that mediates a quorum sensing in Enterococcus faecalis "TrlR, a defective TraR-like protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, blocks TraR function in vitro by forming inactive TrlR:TraR dimers" "Structure, activity and evolution of the group I thiolactone peptide quorum-sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus" "The ubc2 gene of Ustilago maydis encodes a putative novel adaptor protein required for filamentous growth, pheromone response and virulence" 2000 Enterococcal sex pheromone precursors are part of signal sequences for surface lipoproteins Fus3 controls Ty1 transpositional dormancy through the invasive growth MAPK pathway Characterization of the MFalpha pheromone of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus neoformans Enterococcus faecalis conjugative plasmid pAM373: complete nucleotide sequence and genetic analyses of sex pheromone response Cross-regulation of competence pheromone production and export in the early control of transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae Mutations conferring amino acid residue substitutions in the carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase alpha can suppress clpX and clpP with respect to developmentally regulated transcription in Bacillus subtilis Biosynthesis of carbapenem antibiotic and prodigiosin pigment in Serratia is under quorum sensing control Divergent structure of the ComQXPA quorum-sensing components: molecular basis of strain-specific communication mechanism in Bacillus subtilis Aspergillus SteA (sterile12-like) is a homeodomain-C2/H2-Zn+2 finger transcription factor required for sexual reproduction Sxa2 is a serine carboxypeptidase that degrades extracellular P-factor in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe A protein with similarity to the human retinoblastoma binding protein 2 acts specifically as a repressor for genes regulated by the b mating type locus in Ustilago maydis 1999 "Msn1p/Mss10p, Mss11p and Muc1p/Flo11p are part of a signal transduction pathway downstream of Mep2p regulating invasive growth and pseudohyphal differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" A MAP kinase encoded by the ubc3 gene of Ustilago maydis is required for filamentous growth and full virulence The MAP kinase kpp2 regulates mating and pathogenic development in Ustilago maydis "Cloning and functional analysis of Asa373, a novel adhesin unrelated to the other sex pheromone plasmid-encoded aggregation substances of Enterococcus faecalis" An RGS protein regulates the pheromone response in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe 1998 Development of competence in Streptococcus pneumonaie: pheromone autoinduction and control of quorum sensing by the oligopeptide permease A competence regulon in Streptococcus pneumoniae revealed by genomic analysis The hexA gene of Erwinia carotovora encodes a LysR homologue and regulates motility and the expression of multiple virulence determinants Characterization of the Erwinia chrysanthemi expI-expR locus directing the synthesis of two N-acyl-homoserine lactone signal molecules "Activity of the quorum-sensing regulator TraR of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is inhibited by a truncated, dominant defective TraR-like protein" Regulation of the Enterococcus faecalis pAD1-related sex pheromone response: analyses of traD expression and its role in controlling conjugation functions Overexpression of MID2 suppresses the profilin-deficient phenotype of yeast cells A Ste6p/P-glycoprotein homologue from the asexual yeast Candida albicans transports the a-factor mating pheromone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1997 "Characterization of SKM1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding a novel Ste20/PAK-like protein kinase" The Cryptococcus neoformans STE12alpha gene: a putative Saccharomyces cerevisiae STE12 homologue that is mating type specific Pheromone cCF10 and plasmid pCF10-encoded regulatory molecules act post-transcriptionally to activate expression of downstream conjugation functions Pheromone-inducible expression of an aggregation protein in Enterococcus faecalis requires interaction of a plasmid-encoded RNA with components of the ribosome Pheromone-induced production of antimicrobial peptides in Lactobacillus Quorum sensing by peptide pheromones and two-component signal-transduction systems in Gram-positive bacteria 1996 "Competence pheromone, oligopeptide permease, and induction of competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae" Identification of the streptococcal competence-pheromone receptor The ATP-binding cassette multidrug transporter Snq2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a novel target for the transcription factors Pdr1 and Pdr3 Analysis of bacterial carbapenem antibiotic production genes reveals a novel beta-lactam biosynthesis pathway Analysis of the localization of STE6/CFTR chimeras in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model for the cystic fibrosis defect CFTR delta F508 The sxa2-dependent inactivation of the P-factor mating pheromone in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Regulation of competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae by an auto-induced peptide pheromone and a two-component regulatory system Ste50p sustains mating pheromone-induced signal transduction in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1995 Candida albicans ALS1: domains related to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae sexual agglutinin separated by a repeating motif The bacterial 'enigma': cracking the code of cell-cell communication The Cryptococcus neoformans GAL7 gene and its use as an inducible promoter 1994 "Overexpression of flbA, an early regulator of Aspergillus asexual sporulation, leads to activation of brlA and premature initiation of development" 1993 A novel strategy for the isolation of luxI homologues: evidence for the widespread distribution of a LuxR:LuxI superfamily in enteric bacteria Suppression of a dominant G-protein beta-subunit mutation in yeast by G alpha protein expression 1992 Transcriptional control of sex-pheromone-inducible genes on plasmid pAD1 of Enterococcus faecalis and sequence analysis of a third structural gene for (pPD1-encoded) aggregation substance Protein A-calmodulin fusions: a novel approach for investigating calmodulin function in yeast 1990 Genetic functions and cell-cell interactions in the pheromone-inducible plasmid transfer system of Enterococcus faecalis Sequence analysis of Enterococcus faecalis aggregation substance encoded by the sex pheromone plasmid pAD1
