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Essential genes encoded by the mating-type locus of the human fungal pathogen
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- Meiosis-specific genes play roles in ploidy reduction inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Homeodomain protein Sxi1α independently controls cell-cell fusion and gene expression during sexual reproduction in Cryptococcus deneoformans.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- Stress-responsive roles of thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogenProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- The complex evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus and Kwoniella.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Meiosis-specific genes play roles in ploidy reduction inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogenbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Homeodomain protein Sxi1α independently controls cell-cell fusion and gene expression during sexual reproduction inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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Zhuyun BianDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4320-8296
Ziyan XuDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Anushka PeerDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Yeseul ChoiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9369-902X
Shelby J PriestDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Konstantina AkritidouDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-7223-829X
Ananya DasguptaDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Tim A DahlmannAllgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8978-884X
Ulrich KückAllgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2998-8230
Minou NowrousianLehrstuhl für Molekulare und Zelluläre Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0075-6695
Matthew S SachsDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9891-9223
Sheng SunDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2895-1153
Joseph HeitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-5995
Funding
Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locusR01AI050113 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2002 to 2024
$8.5MROLE OF CALCINEURIN IN C. NEOFORMANS MATING AND FRUITINGR01AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 1997 to 2025
$6.7MGenetics of Cryptococcus sexual reproductionR37AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2011 to 2020
$4.9MThe Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus NeoformansR01AI133654 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN, Paul Mitaari Magwene · 2017 to 2026
$4.7MDetermining genetic signatures of the cryptococcal response to Zoloft by an integrated approach combining transcriptome, translatome and genetic screensR21AI138158 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI LIN, XIAORONG, SACHS, MATTHEW STEVEN · 2018 to 2019
$395kDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) KU 517/15-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) NO407/7-2HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AI138158HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI039115-27HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI050113-20HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI133654-07NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133654NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI138158NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI039115
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Fungal sexual reproduction is controlled by the mating-type (
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Cryptococcus neoformansGenes, EssentialGenes, Mating Type, FungalAllelesAnimalsCryptococcosisFungal ProteinsHumansMiceSpores, FungalVirulenceFungal ProteinsCryptococcus neoformansessential genesmating-type locusmolecular geneticspathogenicity
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