Alexander Idnurm

A spontaneous mutation in DNA polymerase POL3 during in vitro passaging causes a hypermutator phenotype in Cryptococcus species.

Kylie J Boyce, Chengjun Cao, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2020  |  DNA Repair

Passaging of microbes in vitro can lead to the selection of microevolved derivatives with differing properties to their original p..

Biotechnological potential of engineering pathogen effector proteins for use in plant disease management

Angela P Van de Wouw, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Biotechnology Advances

A key component in the management of many diseases of crops is the use of plant disease resistance genes. However, the discovery a..

The dual function gene RAD23 contributes to Cryptococcus neoformans virulence independently of its role in nucleotide excision DNA repair

Surbhi Verma, Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Gene

Identification of a gene cluster for the synthesis of the plant hormone abscisic acid in the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Reynaldi Darma, Adrian Lutz, Candace E Elliott, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Leptosphaeria maculans is an ascomycetous fungus that causes the disease blackleg on Brassica napus (canola). In spite of the impo..

Phylogenetic and Phylogenomic Definition of Rhizopus Species (vol 8, pg 2007, 2018)

AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, S Dolatabadi, S Mondo, S Robb, A Idnurm, A Muszewska, K Steczkiewicz, S Masonjones, H-L Liao, MT Gajdeczka, F Anike, A Vuek, IM Anishchenko, K Voigt, GS de Hoog, ME Smith, J Heitman, R Vilgalys, JE Stajich

Journal article  |  2019  |  G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

The TOR Pathway Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Growth and Stress Responses of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Yee-Seul So, Dong-Gi Lee, Alexander Idnurm, Giuseppe Ianiri, Yong-Sun Bahn

Journal article  |  2019  |  Genetics

Amblypygid-fungal interactions: The whip spider exoskeleton as a substrate for fungal growth

Alastair T Gibbons, Alexander Idnurm, Michael Seiter, Paul S Dyer, Matthew Kokolski, Sara L Goodacre, Stanislav N Gorb, Jonas O Wolff

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fungal Biology

Insights into the global emergence of antifungal drug resistance

Kylie Boyce, Orla Morrissey, Alexander Idnurm, Ian Macreadie

Journal article  |  2019  |  Microbiology Australia

Lighting Up Mutation: a New Unbiased System for the Measurement of Microbial Mutation Rates.

Kylie J Boyce, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  mBio

Although mutation drives evolution over long and short terms, measuring and comparing mutation rates accurately have been particul..

Limitations of transcriptome-based prediction of pathogenicity genes in the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Andrew S Urquhart, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  FEMS Microbiology Letters

The fungal gene cluster for biosynthesis of the antibacterial agent viriditoxin.

Andrew S Urquhart, Jinyu Hu, Yit-Heng Chooi, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

Background: Viriditoxin is one of the 'classical' secondary metabolites produced by fungi and that has antibacterial and other act..

Analysis of Repeat Induced Point (RIP) Mutations in Leptosphaeria maculans Indicates Variability in the RIP Process Between Fungal Species

Angela P Van de Wouw, Candace E Elliott, Kerryn M Popa, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Genetics

Genomic and Genetic Insights Into a Cosmopolitan Fungus, Paecilomyces variotii (Eurotiales)

Andrew S Urquhart, Stephen J Mondo, Miia R Makela, James K Hane, Ad Wiebenga, Guifen Het, Sirma Mihaltcheva, Jasmyn Pangilinan, Anna Lipzen, Kerrie Barry, Ronald P De Vries, Igor Grigoriev, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Frontiers in Microbiology

The contribution of the White Collar complex to Cryptococcus neoformans virulence is independent of its light-sensing capabilities

Pinkuan Zhu, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Mystique of Phycomyces blakesleeanus is a peculiar mitochondrial genetic element that is highly variable in DNA sequence while subjected to strong negative selection

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Genetics

Mismatch repair of DNA replication errors contributes to microevolution and the emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs in Cryptococcus neoformans

KJ Boyce, Y Wang, S Verma, V Shakya, C Xue, A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Phylogenetic and Phylogenomic Definition of Rhizopus Species

Andrii P Gryganskyi, Jacob Golan, Somayeh Dolatabadi, Stephen Mondo, Sofia Robb, Alexander Idnurm, Anna Muszewska, Kamil Steczkiewicz, Sawyer Masonjones, Hui-Ling Liao, Michael T Gajdeczka, Felicia Anike, Antonina Vuek, Iryna M Anishchenko, Kerstin Voigt, G Sybren de Hoog, Matthew E Smith, Joseph Heitman, Rytas Vilgalys, Jason E Stajich

Journal article  |  2018  |  G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

Changes in allele frequencies of avirulence genes in the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, over two decades in Australia

Angela P Van de Wouw, Barbara J Howlett, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Crop and Pasture Science

The CRISPR revolution in fungal biology and biotechnology, and beyond.

Alexander Idnurm, Vera Meyer

Journal article  |  2018  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

Exploring and exploiting the connection between mitochondria and the virulence of human pathogenic fungi

Surbhi Verma, Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Virulence

Pilaira australis sp nov (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) isolated from emu faeces in Australia

Andrew S Urquhart, Pauline ML Coulon, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Phytotaxa

Sit4-Associated Protein is Required for Pathogenicity of Leptosphaeria maculans on Brassica napus

Andrew S Urquhart, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Current Microbiology

Identification of isolates of the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans with resistance to the triazole fungicide fluquinconazole using a novel In Planta assay

Angela P Van de Wouw, Vicki L Elliott, Steven Chang, Francisco J Lopez-Ruiz, Steven J Marcroft, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS ONE

Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the Cryptococcus Genus

Ferry Hagen, H Thorsten Lumbsch, Valentina Arsic Arsenijevic, Hamid Badali, Sebastien Bertout, R Blake Billmyre, M Rosa Bragulat, F Javier Cabanes, Mauricio Carbia, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Min Chen, Anuradha Chowdhary, Maria-Francisca Colom, Oliver A Cornely, Pedro W Crous, Maria S Cuetara, Mara R Diaz, Ana Espinel-Ingroff, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  mSphere

Isolation of conditional mutations in genes essential for viability of Cryptococcus neoformans

Giuseppe Ianiri, Kylie J Boyce, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Current Genetics

Mismatch Repair of DNA Replication Errors Contributes to Microevolution in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Kylie J Boyce, Yina Wang, Surbhi Verma, Viplendra PS Shakya, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  mBio

The inhibition of mating in Phycomyces blakesleeanus by light is dependent on the MadA-MadB complex that acts in a sex-specific manner

Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

A Ras GTPase associated protein is involved in the phototropic and circadian photobiology responses in fungi

Silvia Polaino, Jose M Villalobos-Escobedo, Viplendra PS Shakya, Alejandro Miralles-Duran, Suman Chaudhary, Catalina Sanz, Mahdi Shahriari, Eva M Luque, Arturo P Eslava, Luis M Corrochano, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Scientific Reports

Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota

Soo Chan Lee, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Microbiology Spectrum

Rewiring of Signaling Networks Modulating Thermotolerance in the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Dong-Hoon Yang, Kwang-Woo Jung, Soohyun Bang, Jang-Won Lee, Min-Hee Song, Anna Floyd-Averette, Richard A Festa, Giuseppe Ianiri, Alexander Idnurm, Dennis J Thiele, Joseph Heitman, Yong-Sun Bahn

Journal article  |  2017  |  Genetics

Spontaneous and CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutation of the osmosensor histidine kinase of the canola pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans.

Alexander Idnurm, Andrew S Urquhart, Dinesh R Vummadi, Steven Chang, Angela P Van de Wouw, Francisco J López-Ruiz

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

Background: The dicarboximide fungicide iprodione has been used to combat blackleg disease of canola (Brassica napus), caused by t..

Openness and visibility of fungal bio(techno)logy.

Vera Meyer, Corrado Nai, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

A silver bullet in a golden age of functional genomics: the impact of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of fungi.

Alexander Idnurm, Andy M Bailey, Timothy C Cairns, Candace E Elliott, Gary D Foster, Giuseppe Ianiri, Junhyun Jeon

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized approaches to discover and understand gene..

Gene Function Analysis in the Ubiquitous Human Commensal and Pathogen Malassezia Genus

Giuseppe Ianiri, Anna F Averette, Joanne M Kingsbury, Joseph Heitman, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2016  |  mBio

Fungal diseases of canola in Australia: identification of trends, threats and potential therapies

AP Van de Wouw, A Idnurm, JA Davidson, SJ Sprague, RK Khangura, AH Ware, KD Lindbeck, SJ Marcroft

Journal article  |  2016  |  Australasian Plant Pathology

Expansion of Signal Transduction Pathways in Fungi by Extensive Genome Duplication

Luis M Corrochano, Alan Kuo, Marina Marcet-Houben, Silvia Polaino, Asaf Salamov, Jose M Villalobos-Escobedo, Jane Grimwood, M Isabel Alvarez, Javier Avalos, Diane Bauer, Ernesto P Benito, Isabelle Benoit, Gertraud Burger, Lola P Camino, David Canovas, Enrique Cerda-Olmedo, Jan-Fang Cheng, Angel Dominguez, Marek Elias, Arturo P Eslava, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  Current Biology

FUNGAL PHYSIOLOGY Red light plugs into MAPK pathway

Alexander Idnurm, Yong-Sun Bahn

Journal article  |  2016  |  Nature Microbiology

Transcriptomic responses of the basidiomycete yeast Sporobolomyces sp to the mycotoxin patulin

Giuseppe Ianiri, Alexander Idnurm, Raffaello Castoria

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Genomics

Contrasted patterns in mating-type chromosomes in fungi: Hotspots versus coldspots of recombination

Alexander Idnurm, Michael E Hood, Hanna Johannesson, Tatiana Giraud

Journal article  |  2015  |  Fungal Biology Reviews

Diversity, ecology, and evolution in Phycomyces

Lola P Camino, Alexander Idnurm, Enrique Cerda-Olmedo

Journal article  |  2015  |  Fungal Biology

Morphology and its underlying genetic regulation impact the interaction between Cryptococcus neoformans and its hosts

Jianfeng Lin, Alexander Idnurm, Xiaorong Lin

Journal article  |  2015  |  Medical Mycology

Rising to the challenge of multiple Cryptococcus species and the diseases they cause

Alexander Idnurm, Xiaorong Lin

Journal article  |  2015  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Phytochelatin synthase is required for tolerating metal toxicity in a basidiomycete yeast and is a conserved factor involved in metal homeostasis in fungi.

Alaina M Shine, Viplendra Ps Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2015  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

BACKGROUND: Phytochelatin synthase (PCS) is an enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of phytochelatin from glutathione. Phytochel..

Essential Gene Discovery in the Basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans for Antifungal Drug Target Prioritization

Giuseppe Ianiri, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2015  |  mBio

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Pucciniomycotina Red Yeasts

Giuseppe Ianiri, Alexander Idnurm

Book Chapter  |  2015

Welcome to Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

Alexander Idnurm, Vera Meyer

Journal article  |  2014  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

'Division of labour' in response to host oxidative burst drives a fatal Cryptococcus gattii outbreak

Kerstin Voelz, Simon A Johnston, Leanne M Smith, Rebecca A Hall, Alexander Idnurm, Robin C May

Journal article  |  2014  |  Nature Communications

Phs1 and the Synthesis of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Are Required for Ballistospore Formation

Giuseppe Ianiri, Ritika Abhyankar, Akio Kihara, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS ONE

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis

Kyung J Kwon-Chung, James A Fraser, Tamara L Doering, Zhuo A Wang, Guilhem Janbon, Alexander Idnurm, Yong-Sun Bahn

Journal article  |  2014  |  Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

DNA repair and ubiquitination in virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

S Verma, PS Shakya, A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  MYCOSES

Mitochondrial morphology and virulence in Cryptococcus gattii

VP Shakya, A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  MYCOSES

DNA mutation and its impact on Cryptococcus neoformans pathogenicity

A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  MYCOSES

Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation

Guilhem Janbon, Kate L Ormerod, Damien Paulet, Edmond J Byrnes, Vikas Yadav, Gautam Chatterjee, Nandita Mullapudi, Chung-Chau Hon, R Blake Billmyre, Francois Brunel, Yong-Sun Bahn, Weidong Chen, Yuan Chen, Eve WL Chow, Jean-Yves Coppee, Anna Floyd-Averette, Claude Gaillardin, Kimberly J Gerik, Jonathan Goldberg, Sara Gonzalez-Hilarion, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  PLoS Genetics

Sex Determination Directs Uniparental Mitochondrial Inheritance in Phycomyces

Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2014  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Extreme diversification of the mating type-high-mobility group (MATA-HMG) gene family in a plant-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

Rohan Riley, Philippe Charron, Alexander Idnurm, Laurent Farinelli, Yolande Dalpe, Francis Martin, Nicolas Corradi

Journal article  |  2014  |  New Phytologist

Experimental and Natural Evolution of the Cryptococcus Neoformans and Cryptococcus Gattii Species Complex

A Idnurm, J Xu

Book Chapter  |  2013

Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

Kerstin Voelz, Hansong Ma, Sujal Phadke, Edmond J Byrnes, Pinkuan Zhu, Olaf Mueller, Rhys A Farrer, Daniel A Henk, Yonathan Lewit, Yen-Ping Hsueh, Matthew C Fisher, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman, Robin C May

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS Genetics

The Uve1 Endonuclease Is Regulated by the White Collar Complex to Protect Cryptococcus neoformans from UV Damage

Surbhi Verma, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS Genetics

Congenic Strains of the Filamentous Form of Cryptococcus neoformans for Studies of Fungal Morphogenesis and Virulence

Bing Zhai, Pinkuan Zhu, Dylan Foyle, Srijana Upadhyay, Alexander Idnurm, Xiaorong Lin

Journal article  |  2013  |  Infection and Immunity

Congenic Strains for Genetic Analysis of Virulence Traits in Cryptococcus gattii

Pinkuan Zhu, Bing Zhai, Xiaorong Lin, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2013  |  Infection and Immunity

Light Sensing in Aspergillus fumigatus Highlights the Case for Establishing New Models for Fungal Photobiology

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2013  |  mBio

Searching for Genes Responsible for Patulin Degradation in a Biocontrol Yeast Provides Insight into the Basis for Resistance to This Mycotoxin

G Ianiri, A Idnurm, SAI Wright, R Duran-Patron, L Mannina, R Ferracane, A Ritieni, R Castoria

Journal article  |  2013  |  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

A New Genetic Linkage Map of the Zygomycete Fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus

Suman Chaudhary, Silvia Polaino, Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS ONE

Overcoming recalcitrant transformation and gene manipulation in Pucciniomycotina yeasts

Erika P Abbott, Giuseppe Ianiri, Raffaello Castoria, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2013  |  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Sexual pheromones in the fungi

S Polaino, A Idnurm

Book Chapter  |  2012

DNA Mutations Mediate Microevolution between Host-Adapted Forms of the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Denise A Magditch, Tong-Bao Liu, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS Pathogens

Transgene Induced Co-Suppression during Vegetative Growth in Cryptococcus neoformans

Xuying Wang, Ping Wang, Sheng Sun, Sabrina Darwiche, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS Genetics

DNA mutation and pathogenesis

A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  MYCOSES

A gene for carotene cleavage required for pheromone biosynthesis and carotene regulation in the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus

Victor G Tagua, Humberto R Medina, Raul Martin-Dominguez, Arturo P Eslava, Luis M Corrochano, Enrique Cerda-Olmedo, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2012  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Sex Determination in the First-Described Sexual Fungus

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2011  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Sex and speciation: the paradox that non-recombining DNA promotes recombination.

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2011  |  Fungal Biology Reviews

The benefits of sexual reproduction that outweigh its costs have long puzzled biologists. Increased genetic diversity generated by..

New surprises from within the black box of fungal melanization

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2011  |  Virulence

New surprises from within the black box of fungal melanization.

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2011  |  Virulence

Development of resources for the analysis of gene function in Pucciniomycotina red yeasts

Giuseppe Ianiri, Sandra AI Wright, Raffaello Castoria, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2011  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Cryptococcus Environmental and Host Responses

Alexander Idnurm, Peter R Williamson

Book Chapter  |  2011

Sensing Extracellular Signals in Cryptococcus neoformans

Alexander Idnurm, Yong-Sun Bahn, Wei-Chiang Shen, Julian C Rutherford, Fritz A Muehlschlegel

Book Chapter  |  2011

A glimpse into the basis of vision in the kingdom Mycota

Alexander Idnurm, Surbhi Verma, Luis M Corrochano

Journal article  |  2010  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Ferrochelatase is a conserved downstream target of the blue light-sensing White collar complex in fungi

Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2010  |  Microbiology

Two Origins for the Gene Encoding alpha-Isopropylmalate Synthase in Fungi

Erica M Larson, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLoS ONE

A Tetrad Analysis of the Basidiomycete Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2010  |  Genetics

The Photobiology of Microbial Pathogenesis

Alexander Idnurm, Sean Crosson

Journal article  |  2009  |  PLoS Pathogens

Genomic Analysis of the Basal Lineage Fungus Rhizopus oryzae Reveals a Whole-Genome Duplication

Li-Jun Ma, Ashraf S Ibrahim, Christopher Skory, Manfred G Grabherr, Gertraud Burger, Margi Butler, Marek Elias, Alexander Idnurm, B Franz Lang, Teruo Sone, Ayumi Abe, Sarah E Calvo, Luis M Corrochano, Reinhard Engels, Jianmin Fu, Wilhelm Hansberg, Jung-Mi Kim, Chinnappa D Kodira, Michael J Koehrsen, Bo Liu, et al.

Journal article  |  2009  |  PLoS Genetics

Phycomyces MADB interacts with MADA to form the primary photoreceptor complex for fungal phototropism

Catalina Sanz, Julio Rodriguez-Romero, Alexander Idnurm, John M Christie, Joseph Heitman, Luis M Corrochano, Arturo P Eslava

Journal article  |  2009  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Identification of ENA1 as a Virulence Gene of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans through Signature-Tagged Insertional Mutagenesis

Alexander Idnurm, Felicia J Walton, Anna Floyd, Jennifer L Reedy, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2009  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Identification of the sex genes in an early diverged fungus

Alexander Idnurm, Felicia J Walton, Anna Floyd, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2008  |  Nature

Eca1, a Sarcoplasmic/Endoplasmic reticulum Ca2 -ATPase, is involved in stress tolerance and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Weihua Fan, Alexander Idnurm, Julia Breger, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2007  |  Infection and Immunity

Fungal pathogenesis: Gene clusters unveiled as secrets within the Ustilago maydis code

Barbara J Howlett, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2007  |  Current Biology

Peroxisome function regulates growth on glucose in the basidiomycete fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Alexander Idnurm, Steven S Giles, John R Perfect, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2007  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Sensing the environment: lessons from fungi

Yong-Sun Bahn, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm, Julian C Rutherford, Joseph Heitman, Maria E Cardenas

Journal article  |  2007  |  Nature Reviews Microbiology

Sex in the Rest: Mysterious Mating in the Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota

Alexander Idnurm, Timothy Y James, Rytas Vilgalys

Book Chapter  |  2007

Recombination hotspots flank the Cryptococcus mating-type locus: implications for the evolution of a fungal sex chromosome.

Yen-Ping Hsueh, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2006  |  PLoS genetics

Recombination increases dramatically during meiosis to promote genetic exchange and generate recombinant progeny. Interestingly, m..

Recombination hotspots flank the Cryptococcus mating-type locus: Implications for the evolution of a fungal sex chromosome

Yen-Ping Hsueh, Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2006  |  PLoS Genetics

Conserved elements of the RAM signaling pathway establish cell polarity in the basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans in a divergent fashion from other fungi

Felicia J Walton, Joseph Heitman, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2006  |  Molecular Biology of the Cell

The Phycomyces madA gene encodes a blue-light photoreceptor for phototropism and other light responses

A Idnurm, J Rodriguez-Romero, LM Corrochano, C Sanz, EA Iturriaga, AP Eslava, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cryptococcus neoformans gene involved in mammalian pathogenesis identified by a Caenorhabditis elegans progeny-based approach

RJ Tang, J Breger, A Idnurm, KJ Gerik, JK Lodge, J Heitman, SB Calderwood, E Mylonakis

Journal article  |  2005  |  Infection and Immunity

Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight.

Alexander Idnurm, Joseph Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  Current Biology

Red light triggers asexual development and represses sexual development in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. This response has been..

Photosensing fungi: Phytochrome in the spotlight

A Idnurm, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  Current Biology

Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

A Idnurm, YS Bahn, K Nielsen, XR Lin, JA Fraser, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  Nature Reviews Microbiology

Novel gene functions required for melanization of the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

FJ Walton, A Idnurm, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  Molecular Microbiology

Galleria mellonella as a model system to study Cryptococcus neoformans pathogenesis

E Mylonakis, R Moreno, JB El Khoury, A Idnurm, J Heitman, SB Calderwood, FM Ausubel, A Diener

Journal article  |  2005  |  Infection and Immunity

Light controls growth and development via a conserved pathway in the fungal kingdom

A Idnurm, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  PLoS Biology

Light controls growth and development via a conserved pathway in the fungal kingdom

A Idnurm, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2005  |  PLoS Biology

Cryptococcus neoformans Kin1 protein kinase homologue, identified through a Caenorhabditis elegans screen, promotes virulence in mammals

E Mylonakis, A Idnurm, R Moreno, J El Khoury, JB Rottman, FM Ausubel, J Heitman, SB Calderwood

Journal article  |  2004  |  Molecular Microbiology

Cryptococcus neoformans virulence gene discovery through insertional mutagenesis

A Idnurm, JL Reedy, JC Nussbaum, J Heitman

Journal article  |  2004  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Intergeneric hybridizaton between Schlumbergera Lem. and Hatiora Britt. & Rose (Cactaceae)

TH Boyle, A Idnurm

Journal article  |  2003  |  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Analysis of loss of pathogenicity mutants reveals that repeat-induced point mutations can occur in the Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

A Idnurm, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2003  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Somaclonal breeding of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.)

G Gyulai, Z Mester, J Kiss, L Szeman, A Idnurm, L Heszky

Journal article  |  2003  |  Grass and Forage Science

Characterisation of neutral trehalase and UDP-glucose : sterol glucosyltransferase genes from the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

A Idnurm, DC Warnecke, E Heinz, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2003  |  Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Small scale functional genomics of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans: analysis of a 38 kb region

A Idnurm, JL Taylor, MSC Pedras, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australasian Plant Pathology

Characterization of a gene (sp1) encoding a secreted protein from Leptosphaeria maculans, the blackleg pathogen of Brassica napus

LM Wilson, A Idnurm, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2002  |  Molecular Plant Pathology

Isocitrate lyase is essential for pathogenicity of the fungus leptosphaeria maculans to canola (Brassica napus)

A Idnurm, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2002  |  Eukaryotic Cell

Phylogenetic relationships in the Gesnerioideae (Gesneriaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F and trnE-T spacer region sequences

EA Zimmer, EH Roalson, LE Skog, JK Boggan, A Idnurm

Journal article  |  2002  |  American Journal of Botany

Pathogenicity genes of phytopathogenic fungi

Alexander Idnurm, Barbara J Howlett

Journal article  |  2001  |  Molecular Plant Pathology

Physiology and genetics of self-incompatibility in Echinopsis chamaecereus (Cactaceae)

TH Boyle, A Idnurm

Journal article  |  2001  |  Sexual Plant Reproduction

Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg disease of Brassicas

BJ Howlett, A Idnurm, MSC Pedras

Journal article  |  2001  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Characterization of an opsin gene from the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

A Idnurm, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2001  |  Genome

Using RAPD markers to identify genetic variation in quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) biotypes

S Mitra, PC Bhowmik, A Idnurm

Journal article  |  2000  |  Annals of Applied Biology

Genetic analysis of the blackleg fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

BJ Howlett, AJ Cozijnsen, K Popa, A Idnurm, AC Sexton, A Purwantara

Conference Proceedings  |  2000  |  Acta Horticulturae

Using RAPD markers to identify genetic variation in quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) biotypes having differential response to rimsulfuron.

S Mitra, PC Bhowmik, A Idnurm

Conference Proceedings  |  1999  |  ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY