DNA, Fungal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A DNA sequence conferring high postmeiotic segregation frequency to heterozygous deletions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is related to sequences associated with eucaryotic recombination hotspots. 
  • A High-Resolution Time Series Reveals Distinct Seasonal Patterns of Planktonic Fungi at a Temperate Coastal Ocean Site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA). 
  • A PAK-like protein kinase is required for maturation of young hyphae and septation in the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii. 
  • A PCR-based strategy to generate integrative targeting alleles with large regions of homology. 
  • A Rac homolog functions downstream of Ras1 to control hyphal differentiation and high-temperature growth in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A STE12 homolog is required for mating but dispensable for filamentation in candida lusitaniae. 
  • A comparison of the community diversity of foliar fungal endophytes between seedling and adult loblolly pines (Pinus taeda). 
  • A cyclin B homolog in S. cerevisiae: chronic activation of the Cdc28 protein kinase by cyclin prevents exit from mitosis. 
  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina. 
  • A glucan synthase FKS1 homolog in cryptococcus neoformans is single copy and encodes an essential function. 
  • A molecular analysis of G proteins and control of early gene expression by the cell-surface cAMP receptor in Dictyostelium. 
  • A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota). 
  • A multispecies-based taxonomic microarray reveals interspecies hybridization and introgression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • A mutation of the yeast gene encoding PCNA destabilizes both microsatellite and minisatellite DNA sequences. 
  • A nucleosome-guided map of transcription factor binding sites in yeast. 
  • A yeast TATA-binding protein mutant that selectively enhances gene expression from weak RNA polymerase II promoters. 
  • A yeast cyclophilin gene essential for lactate metabolism at high temperature. 
  • Abasic sites in the transcribed strand of yeast DNA are removed by transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair. 
  • Abundance and diversity of Schizophyllum commune spore clouds in the Caribbean detected by selective sampling. 
  • Align or not to align? Resolving species complexes within the Caloplaca saxicola group as a case study. 
  • Analyses of pediatric isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from South Africa. 
  • Analysis of APOBEC-induced mutations in yeast strains with low levels of replicative DNA polymerases. 
  • Analysis of a gene conversion gradient at the HIS4 locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the fungus Aspergillus oryzae cultured under different conditions. 
  • Analysis of microsatellite mutations in the mitochondrial DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation. 
  • Analysis of the junction between ribosomal RNA genes and single-copy chromosomal sequences in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Analysis of the proteins involved in the in vivo repair of base-base mismatches and four-base loops formed during meiotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Ancient and recent patterns of geographic speciation in the oyster mushroom Pleurotus revealed by phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal DNA sequences. 
  • Application of DNA typing methods and genetic analysis to epidemiology and taxonomy of Saccharomyces isolates. 
  • Aspergillus DNA contamination in blood collection tubes. 
  • Assessment of genetic relatedness of vaginal isolates of Candida albicans from different geographical origins. 
  • Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. 
  • Atractiella rhizophila, sp. nov., an endorrhizal fungus isolated from the Populus root microbiome. 
  • Base composition of mononucleotide runs affects DNA polymerase slippage and removal of frameshift intermediates by mismatch repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Biolistic nuclear transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other fungi. 
  • Blood-based Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised/Oncology Patients. 
  • Calcineurin regulatory subunit is essential for virulence and mediates interactions with FKBP12-FK506 in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cellular and molecular analysis of plasmodium development in Physarum. 
  • Characterization and expression of the unique calmodulin gene of Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • Characterization of the MFalpha pheromone of the human fungal pathogen cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Characterization of the repeat-tract instability and mutator phenotypes conferred by a Tn3 insertion in RFC1, the large subunit of the yeast clamp loader. 
  • Chromatin conformation of yeast centromeres. 
  • Chromosomal rearrangements accompanying yeast mating-type switching: evidence for a gene-conversion model. 
  • Chromosome aberrations resulting from double-strand DNA breaks at a naturally occurring yeast fragile site composed of inverted ty elements are independent of Mre11p and Sae2p. 
  • Clonal and spontaneous origins of fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans. 
  • Cloning and characterization of vmaA, the gene encoding a 69-kDa catalytic subunit of the vacuolar H+-ATPase during alkaline pH mediated growth of Aspergillus oryzae. 
  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cnaA gene encoding the catalytic subunit of calcineurin from Aspergillus oryzae. 
  • Cloning the Cryptococcus neoformans TRP1 gene by complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Community analysis reveals close affinities between endophytic and endolichenic fungi in mosses and lichens. 
  • Compact organization of rRNA genes in the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. 
  • Comparative analyses of clinical and environmental populations of Cryptococcus neoformans in Botswana. 
  • Comparative gene genealogical analyses of strains of serotype AD identify recombination in populations of serotypes A and D in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Comparative genome analysis of Trichophyton rubrum and related dermatophytes reveals candidate genes involved in infection. 
  • Comparison of 5.8S ribosomal DNA sequences among the basidiomycetous yeast genera Cystofilobasidium, Filobasidium and Filobasidiella. 
  • Comparison of use of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics for identification of species of the anamorph genus Candida and related teleomorph yeast species. 
  • Conditional dicentric chromosomes in yeast. 
  • Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • Context dependence of meiotic recombination hotspots in yeast: the relationship between recombination activity of a reporter construct and base composition. 
  • Continental-level population differentiation and environmental adaptation in the mushroom Suillus brevipes. 
  • Conversion-type and restoration-type repair of DNA mismatches formed during meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Creation of an active estrogen-responsive element by a single base change in the flanking sequence of a cellular oncogene: a possible mechanism for hormonal carcinogenesis? 
  • Culture-based study of endophytes associated with rubber trees in Peru reveals a new class of Pezizomycotina: Xylonomycetes. 
  • Cyclin-B homologs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae function in S phase and in G2. 
  • DNA repair mechanisms and the bypass of DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • DNA strand-exchange patterns associated with double-strand break-induced and spontaneous mitotic crossovers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • DNA- and PCR-fingerprinting in fungi. 
  • DNA-binding protein RAP1 stimulates meiotic recombination at the HIS4 locus in yeast. 
  • Decreased meiotic intergenic recombination and increased meiosis I nondisjunction in exo1 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Deletions associated with stabilization of the Top1 cleavage complex in yeast are products of the nonhomologous end-joining pathway. 
  • Dependence of the regulation of telomere length on the type of subtelomeric repeat in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Destabilization of simple repetitive DNA sequences by transcription in yeast. 
  • Destabilization of tracts of simple repetitive DNA in yeast by mutations affecting DNA mismatch repair. 
  • Development and evaluation of a calibrator material for nucleic acid-based assays for diagnosing aspergillosis. 
  • Development of a modified positive selection medium that allows to isolate Aspergillus oryzae strains cured of the integrated niaD-based plasmid. 
  • Differential impact of ionic and coordinate covalent chromium (Cr)-DNA binding on DNA replication. 
  • Diploid strains of the pathogenic basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans are thermally dimorphic. 
  • Disentangling the Collema-Leptogium complex through a molecular phylogenetic study of the Collemataceae (Peltigerales, lichen-forming Ascomycota). 
  • Distinct microbial communities within the endosphere and rhizosphere of Populus deltoides roots across contrasting soil types. 
  • Distinguishing direct versus indirect transcription factor-DNA interactions. 
  • Distribution and abundance of microsatellites in the yeast genome can Be explained by a balance between slippage events and point mutations. 
  • Distribution and diversity of planktonic fungi in the West Pacific Warm Pool. 
  • Diversity and phylogenetic affinities of foliar fungal endophytes in loblolly pine inferred by culturing and environmental PCR. 
  • Droplet-based pyrosequencing using digital microfluidics. 
  • Dual roles for DNA sequence identity and the mismatch repair system in the regulation of mitotic crossing-over in yeast. 
  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in orchards of cultivated pecan (Carya illinoinensis; Juglandaceae). 
  • Effect of mutations in genes affecting homologous recombination on restriction enzyme-mediated and illegitimate recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Effects of camptothecin or TOP1 overexpression on genetic stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Effects of hexavalent chromium on the survival and cell cycle distribution of DNA repair-deficient S. cerevisiae. 
  • Effects of mismatch repair and Hpr1 on transcription-stimulated mitotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Efficient Tor signaling requires a functional class C Vps protein complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Elevated Genome-Wide Instability in Yeast Mutants Lacking RNase H Activity. 
  • Epidemiological investigation of vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates by a genotypic method. 
  • Eurotiomycetes: Eurotiomycetidae and Chaetothyriomycetidae. 
  • Evidence of sexual recombination among Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A isolates in sub-Saharan Africa. 
  • Evidence that a free-running oscillator drives G1 events in the budding yeast cell cycle. 
  • Evidence that the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii may have evolved in Africa. 
  • Evidence that the ribosomal DNA genes of yeast are not on chromosome I. 
  • Evidence-ranked motif identification. 
  • Evolution of the gene encoding mitochondrial intermediate peptidase and its cosegregation with the A mating-type locus of mushroom fungi. 
  • Expansion of the Stictidaceae by the addition of the saxicolous lichen-forming genus Ingvariella. 
  • Experimental determination of rates of concerted evolution. 
  • Expression of the noncatalytic domain of the NIMA kinase causes a G2 arrest in Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • FKBP12 controls aspartate pathway flux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to prevent toxic intermediate accumulation. 
  • Fatty acid synthesis is essential for survival of Cryptococcus neoformans and a potential fungicidal target. 
  • Fine-structure mapping of meiosis-specific double-strand DNA breaks at a recombination hotspot associated with an insertion of telomeric sequences upstream of the HIS4 locus in yeast. 
  • Flow cytometric analysis of DNA content in budding yeast. 
  • Frameshift intermediates in homopolymer runs are removed efficiently by yeast mismatch repair proteins. 
  • Frequent circumarctic and rare transequatorial dispersals in the lichenised agaric genus Lichenomphalia (Hygrophoraceae, Basidiomycota). 
  • Functional analysis of the calcineurin-encoding gene cnaA from Aspergillus oryzae: evidence for its putative role in stress adaptation. 
  • Gastrointestinal microbiota alteration induced by Mucor circinelloides in a murine model. 
  • Genes required for survival in microgravity revealed by genome-wide yeast deletion collections cultured during spaceflight. 
  • Genetic analysis of transcription-associated mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Genetic evidence for preferential strand transfer during meiotic recombination in yeast. 
  • Genetic evidence that the meiotic recombination hotspot at the HIS4 locus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not represent a site for a symmetrically processed double-strand break. 
  • Genetic isolation between two recently diverged populations of a symbiotic fungus. 
  • Genetic manipulation of centromere function. 
  • Genetic mapping of Ty elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Genetic regulation of telomere-telomere fusions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisae. 
  • Genome Evolution and Innovation across the Four Major Lineages of Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • Genome structure of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain widely used in bioethanol production. 
  • Genomic characterization of recurrent mold infections in thoracic transplant recipients. 
  • Genomic insights into the atopic eczema-associated skin commensal yeast Malassezia sympodialis. 
  • Genomic mismatch scanning: a new approach to genetic linkage mapping. 
  • Genomics and Transcriptomics Analyses of the Oil-Accumulating Basidiomycete Yeast Trichosporon oleaginosus: Insights into Substrate Utilization and Alternative Evolutionary Trajectories of Fungal Mating Systems. 
  • Global analysis of genomic instability caused by DNA replication stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Global analysis of the relationship between the binding of the Bas1p transcription factor and meiosis-specific double-strand DNA breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Heterothallic mating in Mucor irregularis and first isolate of the species outside of Asia. 
  • High diversity and widespread occurrence of mitotic spore mats in ectomycorrhizal Pezizales. 
  • High-Throughput Analysis of Heteroduplex DNA in Mitotic Recombination Products. 
  • High-resolution genome-wide analysis of irradiated (UV and γ-rays) diploid yeast cells reveals a high frequency of genomic loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events. 
  • High-resolution mapping of heteroduplex DNA formed during UV-induced and spontaneous mitotic recombination events in yeast. 
  • Hybridization probes for conventional DNA fingerprinting used as single primers in the polymerase chain reaction to distinguish strains of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Identification of Histoplasma capsulatum from culture extracts by real-time PCR. 
  • Identification of a Cryptococcus neoformans gene that directs expression of the cryptic Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannitol dehydrogenase gene. 
  • Identification of a strand-related bias in the PCNA-mediated bypass of spontaneous lesions by yeast Poleta. 
  • Identification of cell cycle-regulated, putative hyphal genes in Candida albicans. 
  • Identification of clinical strains of Candida albicans by DNA fingerprinting with the polymerase chain reaction. 
  • Identification of fungi associated with municipal compost using DNA-based techniques. 
  • Identification of pathogenic yeasts of the imperfect genus Candida by polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting. 
  • Identification of the MATa mating-type locus of Cryptococcus neoformans reveals a serotype A MATa strain thought to have been extinct. 
  • Identification of yeast mutants with altered telomere structure. 
  • Improved resolution of major clades within Tuber and taxonomy of species within the Tuber gibbosum complex. 
  • In situ distinction between steroid receptor binding and transactivation at a target gene. 
  • Instability of a plasmid-borne inverted repeat in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Instability of simple sequence DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Integration of DNA fragments by illegitimate recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Interaction between transcriptional activator protein LAC9 and negative regulatory protein GAL80. 
  • Intergenic transcribed spacer PCR ribotyping for differentiation of Saccharomyces species and interspecific hybrids. 
  • Intrachromosomal gene conversion in yeast. 
  • Involvement of two endonuclease III homologs in the base excision repair pathway for the processing of DNA alkylation damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Isolation and characterization of point mutations in mismatch repair genes that destabilize microsatellites in yeast. 
  • Isolation of the nuclear gene encoding a subunit of the yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase. 
  • Karyotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans as an epidemiological tool. 
  • Loss of a histone deacetylase dramatically alters the genomic distribution of Spo11p-catalyzed DNA breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Low levels of DNA polymerase alpha induce mitotic and meiotic instability in the ribosomal DNA gene cluster of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • MSH6, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein that binds to mismatches as a heterodimer with MSH2. 
  • Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview. 
  • Many globally isolated AD hybrid strains of Cryptococcus neoformans originated in Africa. 
  • Mcm2-7 Is an Active Player in the DNA Replication Checkpoint Signaling Cascade via Proposed Modulation of Its DNA Gate. 
  • Measurements of excision repair tracts formed during meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Meiosis-specific double-strand DNA breaks at the HIS4 recombination hot spot in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: control in cis and trans. 
  • Meiotic recombination within the centromere of a yeast chromosome. 
  • Membranomyces species are common ectomycorrhizal symbionts in Northern Hemisphere forests. 
  • Messenger RNA intron in the nuclear 18s ribosomal RNA gene of deuteromycetes. 
  • Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity among clinical and nonclinical Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates suggests heterozygote advantage in clinical environments. 
  • Microsatellite instability in yeast: dependence on repeat unit size and DNA mismatch repair genes. 
  • Microsatellite instability in yeast: dependence on the length of the microsatellite. 
  • Mismatch repair proteins regulate heteroduplex formation during mitotic recombination in yeast. 
  • Mitotic recombination in the rDNA of S. cerevisiae is suppressed by the combined action of DNA topoisomerases I and II. 
  • Mobile elements and mitochondrial genome expansion in the soil fungus and potato pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. 
  • Molecular analysis of the Cryptococcus neoformans ADE2 gene, a selectable marker for transformation and gene disruption. 
  • Molecular characterization of CLPT1, a SEC4-like Rab/GTPase of the phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum which is regulated by the carbon source. 
  • Molecular characterization of TRP1, a gene coding for tryptophan synthetase in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus. 
  • Molecular characterization of the spatial diversity and novel lineages of mycoplankton in Hawaiian coastal waters. 
  • Molecular cloning and characterization of Aspergillus nidulans cyclophilin B. 
  • Molecular genetics of yeast. 
  • Molecular identification of Aspergillus species collected for the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network. 
  • Molecular markers reveal that population structure of the human pathogen Candida albicans exhibits both clonality and recombination. 
  • Molecular methods for epidemiological and diagnostic studies of fungal infections. 
  • Molecular mycology: DNA probes and applications of PCR technology. 
  • Molecular phylogenetic study at the generic boundary between the lichen-forming fungi Caloplaca and Xanthoria (Ascomycota, Teloschistaceae). 
  • Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Polyblastia (Verrucariaceae, Eurotiomycetes) and allied genera. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of Heteroplacidium, Placidium, and related catapyrenioid genera (Verrucariaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota). 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the Blastocladiomycota (Fungi) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. 
  • Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa. 
  • Molecular structures of crossover and noncrossover intermediates during gap repair in yeast: implications for recombination. 
  • Most environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) are not lethal for mice. 
  • Most of the yeast genomic sequences are not essential for cell growth and division. 
  • Mre11-Sae2 and RPA Collaborate to Prevent Palindromic Gene Amplification. 
  • Multilocus sequence typing reveals three genetic subpopulations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A), including a unique population in Botswana. 
  • Multiplexed real-time polymerase chain reaction on a digital microfluidic platform. 
  • Mutagenesis from meiotic recombination is not a primary driver of sequence divergence between Saccharomyces species. 
  • Mutagenic processing of ribonucleotides in DNA by yeast topoisomerase I. 
  • Mutations that perturb cyclophilin A ligand binding pocket confer cyclosporin A resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Nanopore sequencing of complex genomic rearrangements in yeast reveals mechanisms of repeat-mediated double-strand break repair. 
  • Nature and distribution of large sequence polymorphisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes. 
  • New species and distribution records for Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from the Guiana Shield, with a key to the lowland neotropical taxa. 
  • New species of Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) with resupinate and effused basidiomata from the Guiana Shield. 
  • New species of Xerocomus (Boletales) from the Guiana Shield, with notes on their mycorrhizal status and fruiting occurrence. 
  • Notes on Agaricus section Duploannulati using molecular and morphological data. 
  • Nucleotide sequence of the LYS2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: homology to Bacillus brevis tyrocidine synthetase 1. 
  • Numerous group I introns with variable distributions in the ribosomal DNA of a lichen fungus. 
  • Organization of ribosomal DNA in the basidiomycete Thanatephorus praticola. 
  • Palindromic sequences in heteroduplex DNA inhibit mismatch repair in yeast. 
  • Pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans is associated with quantitative differences in multiple virulence factors. 
  • Pcp1p, an Spc110p-related calmodulin target at the centrosome of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 
  • Persistence of the same Candida albicans strain despite fluconazole therapy. Documentation by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. 
  • Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of fluconazole resistance in vaginal Candida strains isolated from HIV-infected women from Brazil. 
  • Pheromones stimulate mating and differentiation via paracrine and autocrine signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Phylogenetic affiliations of members of the heterogeneous lichen-forming fungi of the genus Lecidea sensu Zahlbruckner (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). 
  • Phylogenetic analyses of eurotiomycetous endophytes reveal their close affinities to Chaetothyriales, Eurotiales, and a new order - Phaeomoniellales. 
  • Phylogenetic analyses suggest reverse splicing spread of group I introns in fungal ribosomal DNA. 
  • Phylogenetic comparison of protein-coding versus ribosomal RNA-coding sequence data: a case study of the Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota). 
  • Phylogenetic reassessment of the Teloschistaceae (lichen-forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes). 
  • Phylogenetic relationships in the mushroom genus Coprinus and dark-spored allies based on sequence data from the nuclear gene coding for the large ribosomal subunit RNA: divergent domains, outgroups, and monophyly. 
  • Phylogenetic relationships of Rhizoctonia fungi within the Cantharellales. 
  • Phylogenetic relationships of agaric fungi based on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. 
  • Phylogenetic relationships, host affinity, and geographic structure of boreal and arctic endophytes from three major plant lineages. 
  • Phylogenetic study of Catapyrenium s. str. (Verrucariaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota) and related genus Placidiopsis. 
  • Phylogeny and phenotypic characterization of pathogenic Cryptococcus species and closely related saprobic taxa in the Tremellales. 
  • Phylogeny and taxonomy of the family Arthrodermataceae (dermatophytes) using sequence analysis of the ribosomal ITS region. 
  • Phylogeny of lichen- and non-lichen-forming omphalinoid mushrooms and the utility of testing for combinability among multiple data sets. 
  • Phylogeny of the Gyalectales and Ostropales (Ascomycota, Fungi): among and within order relationships based on nuclear ribosomal RNA small and large subunits. 
  • Phylogeography of the Solanaceae-infecting Basidiomycota fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 based on sequence analysis of two nuclear DNA loci. 
  • Physical detection of heteroduplexes during meiotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Physical maps for genome analysis of serotype A and D strains of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Plant host and soil origin influence fungal and bacterial assemblages in the roots of woody plants. 
  • Polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting in fungi using single primers specific to minisatellites and simple repetitive DNA sequences: strain variation in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Polymorphism and uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in Physarum polycephalum. 
  • Positive and negative selection LYS5MX gene replacement cassettes for use in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Prevalence of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus gattii serotype C among patients with AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
  • Properties and regulation of the cell cycle-specific NIMA protein kinase of Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • Pulmonary blastomycosis presenting as primary lung cancer. 
  • RNAi is a critical determinant of centromere evolution in closely related fungi. 
  • Rapid genetic identification and mapping of enzymatically amplified ribosomal DNA from several Cryptococcus species. 
  • Rapid identification of Candida species by DNA fingerprinting with PCR. 
  • Rapid identification of pathogenic fungi directly from cultures by using multiplex PCR. 
  • Recent evolution of the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans by intervarietal transfer of a 14-gene fragment. 
  • Recombination hotspots flank the Cryptococcus mating-type locus: implications for the evolution of a fungal sex chromosome. 
  • Recombination in yeast and the recombinant DNA technology. 
  • Recombination of plasmids into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome is reduced by small amounts of sequence heterogeneity. 
  • Regulation of hetDNA Length during Mitotic Double-Strand Break Repair in Yeast. 
  • Relationship between nuclease-hypersensitive sites and meiotic recombination hot spot activity at the HIS4 locus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Relationship of the glyoxylate pathway to the pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Removal of N-6-methyladenine by the nucleotide excision repair pathway triggers the repair of mismatches in yeast gap-repair intermediates. 
  • Removal of frameshift intermediates by mismatch repair proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Repair of DNA loops involves DNA-mismatch and nucleotide-excision repair proteins. 
  • Repair of specific base pair mismatches formed during meiotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Replication and preferential inheritance of hypersuppressive petite mitochondrial DNA. 
  • Responses of soil cellulolytic fungal communities to elevated atmospheric CO₂ are complex and variable across five ecosystems. 
  • Revisiting the rDNA sequence diversity of a natural population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Acaulospora colossica. 
  • Role of Molecular Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases in Children. 
  • Role of alternative oxidase gene in pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Role of mismatch repair in the fidelity of RAD51- and RAD59-dependent recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Role of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in formation of forespore membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 
  • Roles of exonucleases and translesion synthesis DNA polymerases during mitotic gap repair in yeast. 
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD5-encoded DNA repair protein contains DNA helicase and zinc-binding sequence motifs and affects the stability of simple repetitive sequences in the genome. 
  • Separation of chromosomes of Cryptococcus neoformans by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. 
  • Sequences within the spacer region of yeast rRNA cistrons that stimulate 35S rRNA synthesis in vivo mediate RNA polymerase I-dependent promoter and terminator activities. 
  • Seven-base-pair inverted repeats in DNA form stable hairpins in vivo in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Sexual cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and virulence of congenic a and alpha isolates. 
  • Single origin and subsequent diversification of central Andean endemic Umbilicaria species. 
  • Stabilization of microsatellite sequences by variant repeats in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Structural analysis of a yeast centromere. 
  • Structure, function, and phylogeny of the mating locus in the Rhizopus oryzae complex. 
  • Substrate length requirements for efficient mitotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Suppressor analysis of temperature-sensitive RNA polymerase I mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: suppression of mutations in a zinc-binding motif by transposed mutant genes. 
  • Survey of corticioid fungi in North American pinaceous forests reveals hyperdiversity, underpopulated sequence databases, and species that are potentially ectomycorrhizal. 
  • Systematics of the genus Chaetosphaeria and its allied genera: morphological and phylogenetic diversity in north temperate and neotropical taxa. 
  • The 40-kilodalton allergen of Candida albicans is an alcohol dehydrogenase: molecular cloning and immunological analysis using monoclonal antibodies. 
  • The Saccharomyces and Drosophila heat shock transcription factors are identical in size and DNA binding properties. 
  • The actin gene from Cryptococcus neoformans: structure and phylogenetic analysis. 
  • The calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase catalytic subunit (calcineurin A) is an essential gene in Aspergillus nidulans. 
  • The cantharelloid clade: dealing with incongruent gene trees and phylogenetic reconstruction methods. 
  • The compact chromatin structure of a Ty repeated sequence suppresses recombination hotspot activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The dCMP transferase activity of yeast Rev1 is biologically relevant during the bypass of endogenously generated AP sites. 
  • The effect of sequence context on spontaneous Polzeta-dependent mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The high mobility group protein Abf2p influences the level of yeast mitochondrial DNA recombination intermediates in vivo. 
  • The impact of local genome sequence on defining heterochromatin domains. 
  • The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome IV. 
  • The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome V. 
  • The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XVI. 
  • The numbers of individual mitochondrial DNA molecules and mitochondrial DNA nucleoids in yeast are co-regulated by the general amino acid control pathway. 
  • The pattern of gene amplification is determined by the chromosomal location of hairpin-capped breaks. 
  • The polymerase eta translesion synthesis DNA polymerase acts independently of the mismatch repair system to limit mutagenesis caused by 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine in yeast. 
  • The rRNA-encoding DNA array has an altered structure in topoisomerase I mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The role of Dbf4-dependent protein kinase in DNA polymerase ζ-dependent mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The role of Exo1p exonuclease in DNA end resection to generate gene conversion tracts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • The role of the mismatch repair machinery in regulating mitotic and meiotic recombination between diverged sequences in yeast. 
  • The statistics of bulk segregant analysis using next generation sequencing. 
  • The structure of a primitive kinetochore. 
  • The suppressor gene scl1+ of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential for growth. 
  • The trehalose synthesis pathway is an integral part of the virulence composite for Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • The yeast HSM3 gene is not involved in DNA mismatch repair in rapidly dividing cells. 
  • Threonine biosynthetic genes are essential in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Topoisomerase I and Genome Stability: The Good and the Bad. 
  • Transactivation functions facilitate the disruption of chromatin structure by estrogen receptor derivatives in vivo. 
  • Transcription Factor-DNA Binding Motifs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Tools and Resources. 
  • Transcription-associated mutagenesis in yeast is directly proportional to the level of gene expression and influenced by the direction of DNA replication. 
  • Transcriptional regulation of chitin synthases by calcineurin controls paradoxical growth of Aspergillus fumigatus in response to caspofungin. 
  • Transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with nonhomologous DNA: illegitimate integration of transforming DNA into yeast chromosomes and in vivo ligation of transforming DNA to mitochondrial DNA sequences. 
  • Triplet repeats form secondary structures that escape DNA repair in yeast. 
  • Two distinct genes encode small isoproteolipids affecting plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Unequal meiotic recombination within tandem arrays of yeast ribosomal DNA genes. 
  • Unisexual reproduction drives meiotic recombination and phenotypic and karyotypic plasticity in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Unseen sex in ancient virgin fungi. 
  • Unusual DNA sequences associated with the ends of yeast chromosomes. 
  • Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota). 
  • Variation in modes and rates of evolution in nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA in the mushroom genus Amanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): phylogenetic implications. 
  • Whole-genome comparison of Leu3 binding in vitro and in vivo reveals the importance of nucleosome occupancy in target site selection. 
  • Yeast base excision repair: interconnections and networks. 
  • Yeast diversity sampling on the San Juan Islands reveals no evidence for the spread of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak to this locale. 
  • [Genetic structure of geographically different populations of candida albicans]. 
  • dUTP incorporation into genomic DNA is linked to transcription in yeast. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Gordan, Raluca Mihaela, Associate Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Computer Science
  • Hartemink, Alexander J., Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Biology