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