Jennifer Katherine Lodge

Jennifer Katherine Lodge
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Basic Science Departments 2022
Vice President for Research and Innovation, School of Medicine, Duke University 2022
Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2022

Contact Information

PO Box 90037, 119 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
PO Box 90037, 119 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
jennifer.lodge@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis 1988
- B.A., Oberlin College 1979
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 4, 2023 Duke Today
  
  Duke Awards 44 Distinguished Professorships
- OCT 13, 2022
  
  Research & Innovation Annual Report Touts Successes
Research
Selected Grants
- Preclinical studies of a Cryptococcus vaccine for AIDS patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2026
- ROLE OF CELL WALL INTEGRITY IN ECHINOCANDIN RESISTANCE IN C. NEOFORMANS awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2023
External Relationships
- AAMC
- NC Biotech
- RTI International
- Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Inc (TUCASI)
- Washington University
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Rivera, Amariliz, Jennifer Lodge, and Chaoyang Xue. “Harnessing the Immune Response to Fungal Pathogens for Vaccine Development.” Annu Rev Microbiol 76 (September 8, 2022): 703–26. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-micro-041020-111511.
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  - Moreira-Walsh, Brenda, Abigail Ragsdale, Woei Lam, Rajendra Upadhya, Evan Xu, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Maureen J. Donlin. “Membrane Integrity Contributes to Resistance of Cryptococcus neoformans to the Cell Wall Inhibitor Caspofungin.” Msphere 7, no. 4 (August 31, 2022): e0013422. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00134-22.
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  - Casadevall, Arturo, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Nguyen K. Nguyen. “On Election to the Fellowship of the American Academy of Microbiology.” Mbio 13, no. 3 (June 28, 2022): e0088922. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00889-22.
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  - Upadhya, R., W. C. Lam, C. R. Hole, D. Parchment, C. K. Lee, C. A. Specht, S. M. Levitz, and J. K. Lodge. “Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Cda2 coordinate deacetylation of chitin during infection to control fungal virulence.” The Cell Surface 7 (December 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100066.
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  - Chrissian, Christine, Emma Camacho, Man Shun Fu, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Subhasish Chatterjee, Radames J. B. Cordero, Jennifer K. Lodge, Arturo Casadevall, and Ruth E. Stark. “Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility.” J Biol Chem 295, no. 7 (February 14, 2020): 1815–28. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA119.011949.
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  - Maybruck, Brian T., Woei C. Lam, Charles A. Specht, Ma Xenia G. Ilagan, Maureen J. Donlin, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “The Aminoalkylindole BML-190 Negatively Regulates Chitosan Synthesis via the Cyclic AMP/Protein Kinase A1 Pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mbio 10, no. 6 (December 17, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02264-19.
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  - Lam, Woei C., Rajendra Upadhya, Charles A. Specht, Abigail E. Ragsdale, Camaron R. Hole, Stuart M. Levitz, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii.” Msphere 4, no. 5 (October 9, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00644-19.
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  - Attarian, Rodgoun, Guanggan Hu, Eddy Sánchez-León, Mélissa Caza, Daniel Croll, Eunsoo Do, Horacio Bach, et al. “Erratum for Attarian et al., "The Monothiol Glutaredoxin Grx4 Regulates Iron Homeostasis and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans".” Mbio 10, no. 2 (April 30, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00647-19.
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  - Attarian, Rodgoun, Guanggan Hu, Eddy Sánchez-León, Mélissa Caza, Daniel Croll, Eunsoo Do, Horacio Bach, et al. “The Monothiol Glutaredoxin Grx4 Regulates Iron Homeostasis and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mbio 9, no. 6 (December 4, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02377-18.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Lorina G. Baker, Woei C. Lam, Charles A. Specht, Maureen J. Donlin, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Its Chitin Deacetylase Activity Are Required for Fungal Pathogenesis.” Mbio 9, no. 6 (November 20, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02087-18.
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  - Specht, Charles A., Chrono K. Lee, Haibin Huang, Maureen M. Hester, Jianhua Liu, Bridget A. Luckie, Melanie A. Torres Santana, et al. “Vaccination with Recombinant Cryptococcus Proteins in Glucan Particles Protects Mice against Cryptococcosis in a Manner Dependent upon Mouse Strain and Cryptococcal Species.” Mbio 8, no. 6 (November 28, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01872-17.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Woei C. Lam, Brian T. Maybruck, Maureen J. Donlin, Andrew L. Chang, Sarah Kayode, Kate L. Ormerod, James A. Fraser, Tamara L. Doering, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “A fluorogenic C. neoformans reporter strain with a robust expression of m-cherry expressed from a safe haven site in the genome.” Fungal Genet Biol 108 (November 2017): 13–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2017.08.008.
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  - Homer, Christina M., Diana K. Summers, Alexi I. Goranov, Starlynn C. Clarke, Darin L. Wiesner, Jolene K. Diedrich, James J. Moresco, et al. “Intracellular Action of a Secreted Peptide Required for Fungal Virulence.” Cell Host Microbe 19, no. 6 (June 8, 2016): 849–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.05.001.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Woei C. Lam, Brian Maybruck, Charles A. Specht, Stuart M. Levitz, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Induction of Protective Immunity to Cryptococcal Infection in Mice by a Heat-Killed, Chitosan-Deficient Strain of Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mbio 7, no. 3 (May 10, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00547-16.
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  - Specht, Charles A., Chrono K. Lee, Haibin Huang, Donald J. Tipper, Zu T. Shen, Jennifer K. Lodge, John Leszyk, Gary R. Ostroff, and Stuart M. Levitz. “Protection against Experimental Cryptococcosis following Vaccination with Glucan Particles Containing Cryptococcus Alkaline Extracts.” Mbio 6, no. 6 (December 22, 2015): e01905–15. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01905-15.
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  - Donlin, Maureen J., Rajendra Upadhya, Kimberly J. Gerik, Woei Lam, Laura G. VanArendonk, Charles A. Specht, Neil K. Sharma, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cross talk between the cell wall integrity and cyclic AMP/protein kinase A pathways in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mbio 5, no. 4 (August 12, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01573-14.
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  - Ormerod, K. L., E. J. Byrnes, I. A. Wood, J. K. Lodge, J. Heitman, and J. A. Fraser. “The H99 family tree: variation in the common laboratory reference strains of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii characterised through whole-genome sequencing.” Mycoses 57 (May 1, 2014): 69–70.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Maureen J. Donlin, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cryptococcus at work: gene expression during human infection.” Mbio 5, no. 2 (April 22, 2014): e01097. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01097-14.
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  - Janbon, Guilhem, Kate L. Ormerod, Damien Paulet, Edmond J. Byrnes, Vikas Yadav, Gautam Chatterjee, Nandita Mullapudi, et al. “Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation.” Plos Genet 10, no. 4 (April 2014): e1004261. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004261.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Hyelim Kim, Kwang-Woo Jung, Goun Park, Woei Lam, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Yong-Sun Bahn. “Sulphiredoxin plays peroxiredoxin-dependent and -independent roles via the HOG signalling pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans and contributes to fungal virulence.” Mol Microbiol 90, no. 3 (November 2013): 630–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12388.
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  - Chabrier-Roselló, Yeissa, Kimberly J. Gerik, Kristy Koselny, Louis DiDone, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Damian J. Krysan. “Cryptococcus neoformans phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) ortholog is required for stress tolerance and survival in murine phagocytes.” Eukaryot Cell 12, no. 1 (January 2013): 12–22. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00235-12.
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  - Lam, Woei C., Kimberly J. Gerik, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Role of Cryptococcus neoformans Rho1 GTPases in the PKC1 signaling pathway in response to thermal stress.” Eukaryot Cell 12, no. 1 (January 2013): 118–31. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.05305-11.
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  - Upadhya, Rajendra, Leona T. Campbell, Maureen J. Donlin, Rajeev Aurora, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Global transcriptome profile of Cryptococcus neoformans during exposure to hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative stress.” Plos One 8, no. 1 (2013): e55110. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055110.
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  - Gilbert, Nicole M., Lorina G. Baker, Charles A. Specht, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “A glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is required for membrane localization but dispensable for cell wall association of chitin deacetylase 2 in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mbio 3, no. 1 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00007-12.
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  - Baker, Lorina G., Charles A. Specht, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cell wall chitosan is necessary for virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 10, no. 9 (September 2011): 1264–68. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.05138-11.
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  - Brown, Sarah M., Rajendra Upadhya, James D. Shoemaker, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Isocitrate dehydrogenase is important for nitrosative stress resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans, but oxidative stress resistance is not dependent on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.” Eukaryot Cell 9, no. 6 (June 2010): 971–80. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00271-09.
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  - Gilbert, Nicole M., Maureen J. Donlin, Kimberly J. Gerik, Charles A. Specht, Julianne T. Djordjevic, Christabel F. Wilson, Tania C. Sorrell, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “KRE genes are required for beta-1,6-glucan synthesis, maintenance of capsule architecture and cell wall protein anchoring in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mol Microbiol 76, no. 2 (April 2010): 517–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07119.x.
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  - Patel, Raunak D., Jennifer K. Lodge, and Lorina G. Baker. “Going green in Cryptococcus neoformans: the recycling of a selectable drug marker.” Fungal Genet Biol 47, no. 3 (March 2010): 191–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2009.11.007.
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  - Baker, Lorina G., Charles A. Specht, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Chitinases are essential for sexual development but not vegetative growth in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 8, no. 11 (November 2009): 1692–1705. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00227-09.
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  - Geunes-Boyer, Scarlett, Timothy N. Oliver, Guilhem Janbon, Jennifer K. Lodge, Joseph Heitman, John R. Perfect, and Jo Rae Wright. “Surfactant protein D increases phagocytosis of hypocapsular Cryptococcus neoformans by murine macrophages and enhances fungal survival.” Infect Immun 77, no. 7 (July 2009): 2783–94. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00088-09.
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  - Ruff, Jack A., Jennifer K. Lodge, and Lorina G. Baker. “Three galactose inducible promoters for use in C. neoformans var. grubii.” Fungal Genet Biol 46, no. 1 (January 2009): 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2008.10.003.
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  - Gerik, Kimberly J., Sujit R. Bhimireddy, Jan S. Ryerse, Charles A. Specht, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “PKC1 is essential for protection against both oxidative and nitrosative stresses, cell integrity, and normal manifestation of virulence factors in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 7, no. 10 (October 2008): 1685–98. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00146-08.
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  - Brown, Sarah M., Leona T. Campbell, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus under stress.” Curr Opin Microbiol 10, no. 4 (August 2007): 320–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.014.
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  - Baker, Lorina G., Charles A. Specht, Maureen J. Donlin, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, is necessary for cell wall integrity in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 6, no. 5 (May 2007): 855–67. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00399-06.
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  - Goins, Chelsey L., Kimberly J. Gerik, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Improvements to gene deletion in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans: absence of Ku proteins increases homologous recombination, and co-transformation of independent DNA molecules allows rapid complementation of deletion phenotypes.” Fungal Genet Biol 43, no. 8 (August 2006): 531–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2006.02.007.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., Mary Ellen Pusateri, Maureen J. Donlin, Kari T. Chambers, John A. Corbett, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Posttranslational, translational, and transcriptional responses to nitric oxide stress in Cryptococcus neoformans: implications for virulence.” Eukaryot Cell 5, no. 3 (March 2006): 518–29. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.5.3.518-529.2006.
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  - Tang, Robin J., Julia Breger, Alexander Idnurm, Kimberly J. Gerik, Jennifer K. Lodge, Joseph Heitman, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Eleftherios Mylonakis. “Cryptococcus neoformans gene involved in mammalian pathogenesis identified by a Caenorhabditis elegans progeny-based approach.” Infect Immun 73, no. 12 (December 2005): 8219–25. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.73.12.8219-8225.2005.
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  - Banks, Isaac R., Charles A. Specht, Maureen J. Donlin, Kimberly J. Gerik, Stuart M. Levitz, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “A chitin synthase and its regulator protein are critical for chitosan production and growth of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 4, no. 11 (November 2005): 1902–12. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.4.11.1902-1912.2005.
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  - Gerik, Kimberly J., Maureen J. Donlin, Carlos E. Soto, Annette M. Banks, Isaac R. Banks, Marybeth A. Maligie, Claude P. Selitrennikoff, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Cell wall integrity is dependent on the PKC1 signal transduction pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mol Microbiol 58, no. 2 (October 2005): 393–408. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04843.x.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., Jocie F. Cherry-Harris, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Two glutathione peroxidases in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans are expressed in the presence of specific substrates.” Microbiology (Reading) 151, no. Pt 8 (August 2005): 2573–81. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28132-0.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Function of the thioredoxin proteins in Cryptococcus neoformans during stress or virulence and regulation by putative transcriptional modulators.” Mol Microbiol 57, no. 3 (August 2005): 847–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04735.x.
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  - Loftus, Brendan J., Eula Fung, Paola Roncaglia, Don Rowley, Paolo Amedeo, Dan Bruno, Jessica Vamathevan, et al. “The genome of the basidiomycetous yeast and human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.” Science 307, no. 5713 (February 25, 2005): 1321–24. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1103773.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Thioredoxin reductase is essential for viability in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.” Eukaryot Cell 4, no. 2 (February 2005): 487–89. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.4.2.487-489.2005.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., Jason M. Moran, John A. Corbett, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Distinct stress responses of two functional laccases in Cryptococcus neoformans are revealed in the absence of the thiol-specific antioxidant Tsa1.” Eukaryot Cell 4, no. 1 (January 2005): 202–8. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.4.1.202-208.2005.
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  - Tenney, Aaron E., Randall H. Brown, Charles Vaske, Jennifer K. Lodge, Tamara L. Doering, and Michael R. Brent. “Gene prediction and verification in a compact genome with numerous small introns.” Genome Res 14, no. 11 (November 2004): 2330–35. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.2816704.
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  - Missall, Tricia A., Jennifer K. Lodge, and Joan E. McEwen. “Mechanisms of resistance to oxidative and nitrosative stress: implications for fungal survival in mammalian hosts.” Eukaryot Cell 3, no. 4 (August 2004): 835–46. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.3.4.835-846.2004.
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  - Missall, Tricia Ann, Mary Ellen Pusateri, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Thiol peroxidase is critical for virulence and resistance to nitric oxide and peroxide in the fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans.” Mol Microbiol 51, no. 5 (March 2004): 1447–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.03921.x.
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  - Nelson, Rex T., Bryant A. Pryor, and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Sequence length required for homologous recombination in Cryptococcus neoformans.” Fungal Genet Biol 38, no. 1 (February 2003): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1087-1845(02)00510-8.
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  - Nelson, R. T., J. Hua, B. Pryor, and J. K. Lodge. “Identification of virulence mutants of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans using signature-tagged mutagenesis.” Genetics 157, no. 3 (March 2001): 935–47. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/157.3.935.
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  - Hua, J., J. D. Meyer, and J. K. Lodge. “Development of positive selectable markers for the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.” Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 7, no. 1 (January 2000): 125–28. https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.7.1.125-128.2000.
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  - Heitman, J., A. Casadevall, J. K. Lodge, and J. R. Perfect. “The Cryptococcus neoformans genome sequencing project.” Mycopathologia 148, no. 1 (1999): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007136602930.
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  - Lodge, J. K., E. Jackson-Machelski, M. Higgins, C. A. McWherter, J. A. Sikorski, B. Devadas, and J. I. Gordon. “Genetic and biochemical studies establish that the fungicidal effect of a fully depeptidized inhibitor of Cryptococcus neoformans myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (Nmt) is Nmt-dependent.” J Biol Chem 273, no. 20 (May 15, 1998): 12482–91. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.20.12482.
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  - Devadas, B., S. K. Freeman, C. A. McWherter, N. S. Kishore, J. K. Lodge, E. Jackson-Machelski, J. I. Gordon, and J. A. Sikorski. “Novel biologically active nonpeptidic inhibitors of myristoylCoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase.” J Med Chem 41, no. 6 (March 12, 1998): 996–1000. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm980001q.
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  - Ares, X., G. Calamante, S. Cabral, J. Lodge, P. Hemenway, R. N. Beachy, and A. Mentaberry. “Transgenic plants expressing potato virus X ORF2 protein (p24) are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and Ob tobamoviruses.” J Virol 72, no. 1 (January 1998): 731–38. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.72.1.731-738.1998.
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  - Devadas, B., S. K. Freeman, M. E. Zupec, H. F. Lu, S. R. Nagarajan, N. S. Kishore, J. K. Lodge, et al. “Design and synthesis of novel imidazole-substituted dipeptide amides as potent and selective inhibitors of Candida albicans myristoylCoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase and identification of related tripeptide inhibitors with mechanism-based antifungal activity.” J Med Chem 40, no. 16 (August 1, 1997): 2609–25. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm970094w.
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  - Lodge, Jennifer K., Emily Jackson-Machelski, Balekudru Devadas, Mark E. Zupec, Daniel P. Getman, Nandini Kishore, Sandra K. Freeman, Charles A. McWherter, James A. Sikorski, and Jeffrey I. Gordon. “N-myristoylation of Arf proteins in Candida albicans: an in vivo assay for evaluating antifungal inhibitors of myristoyl-CoA: protein N-myristoyltransferase.” Microbiology (Reading) 143 ( Pt 2) (February 1997): 357–66. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-2-357.
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  - Lodge, J. K., E. Jackson-Machelski, D. L. Toffaletti, J. R. Perfect, and J. I. Gordon. “Targeted gene replacement demonstrates that myristoyl-CoA: protein N-myristoyltransferase is essential for viability of Cryptococcus neoformans.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91, no. 25 (December 6, 1994): 12008–12. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.25.12008.
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  - Lodge, J. K., R. L. Johnson, R. A. Weinberg, and J. I. Gordon. “Comparison of myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferases from three pathogenic fungi: Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Candida albicans.” J Biol Chem 269, no. 4 (January 28, 1994): 2996–3009.
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  - Maresca, B., J. Bennett, W. Fonzi, C. A. Hitchcock, J. K. Lodge, and P. R. Williamson. “Molecular approaches to identify novel targets for future development of antifungal agents.” J Med Vet Mycol 32 Suppl 1 (1994): 287–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681219480000911.
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  - Lodge, J. K., W. K. Kaniewski, and N. E. Tumer. “Broad-spectrum virus resistance in transgenic plants expressing pokeweed antiviral protein.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90, no. 15 (August 1, 1993): 7089–93. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.90.15.7089.
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  - Langner, C. A., J. K. Lodge, S. J. Travis, J. E. Caldwell, T. Lu, Q. Li, M. L. Bryant, B. Devadas, G. W. Gokel, and G. S. Kobayashi. “4-oxatetradecanoic acid is fungicidal for Cryptococcus neoformans and inhibits replication of human immunodeficiency virus I.” J Biol Chem 267, no. 24 (August 25, 1992): 17159–69.
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  - Lodge, J. K., K. Weston-Hafer, and D. E. Berg. “Tn5 insertion specificity is not influenced by IS50 end sequences in target DNA.” Mol Gen Genet 228, no. 1–2 (August 1991): 312–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282482.
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  - Tumer, N. E., W. Kaniewski, L. Haley, L. Gehrke, J. K. Lodge, and P. Sanders. “The second amino acid of alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein is critical for coat protein-mediated protection.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88, no. 6 (March 15, 1991): 2331–35. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.6.2331.
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  - Lodge, J. K., and D. E. Berg. “Mutations that affect Tn5 insertion into pBR322: importance of local DNA supercoiling.” J Bacteriol 172, no. 10 (October 1990): 5956–60. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.172.10.5956-5960.1990.
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  - Lodge, J. K., T. Kazic, and D. E. Berg. “Formation of supercoiling domains in plasmid pBR322.” J Bacteriol 171, no. 4 (April 1989): 2181–87. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.171.4.2181-2187.1989.
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  - Lodge, J. K., K. Weston-Hafer, and D. E. Berg. “Transposon Tn5 target specificity: preference for insertion at G/C pairs.” Genetics 120, no. 3 (November 1988): 645–50. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/120.3.645.
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  - Schaffhausen, B., T. L. Benjamin, J. Lodge, D. Kaplan, and T. M. Roberts. “Expression of polyoma early gene products in E. coli.” Nucleic Acids Res 13, no. 2 (January 25, 1985): 501–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/13.2.501.
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  - Berg, D. E., J. Lodge, C. Sasakawa, D. K. Nag, S. H. Phadnis, K. Weston-Hafer, and G. F. Carle. “Transposon Tn5: specific sequence recognition and conservative transposition.” Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 49 (1984): 215–26. https://doi.org/10.1101/sqb.1984.049.01.025.
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  - Roberts, T. M., B. Schaffhausen, T. L. Benjamin, I. Bikel, J. Lodge, and D. Kaplan. “Expression of SV40 and polyoma T antigens in E. coli.” Gene Amplif Anal 3 (1983): 135–46.
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  - Baker, Lorina G., and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Multiple gene deletion in Cryptococcus neoformans using the Cre-lox system.,” 845:85–98, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_6.
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  - Baker, Lorina G., and Jennifer K. Lodge. “Galactose-Inducible promoters in Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii.,” 845:211–26, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-539-8_14.
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