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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Homeodomain protein Sxi1α independently controls cell-cell fusion and gene expression during sexual reproduction in

Jun Huang, Anna E Lehmann, Patricia P Peterson, Ziyan Xu, Liping Xiong, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jun HuangDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4071-0926
Anna E LehmannDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-8544-9292
Patricia P PetersonDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0630-1045
Ziyan XuDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-7055-9788
Liping XiongDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Sheng SunDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2895-1153
Joseph HeitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-5995

Funding

Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training ProgramT32AI052080 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDREW ALSPAUGH, JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2003 to 2026
$8.7M
Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locusR01AI050113 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2002 to 2024
$8.5M
ROLE OF CALCINEURIN IN C. NEOFORMANS MATING AND FRUITINGR01AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 1997 to 2025
$6.7M
Genetics of Cryptococcus sexual reproductionR37AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2011 to 2020
$4.9M
The Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus NeoformansR01AI133654 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN, Paul Mitaari Magwene · 2017 to 2026
$4.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133654NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI052080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sex-specific homeodomain (HD) proteins are key regulators of cell identity and sexual development in fungi, typically functioning as heterodimers to govern transcription. In the human fungal pathogens

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Cell fusionHomeodomain proteinSexual reproductionTranscriptional regulation

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PMID39990471
PMCPMC11844477

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