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Alex Andrianopoulos

Alex Andrianopoulos

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Genetics

D-Index
40
Citations
6506
World Ranking
4339
National Ranking
146

Overview

Alex Andrianopoulos is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has a research focus spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work particularly addresses molecular biology, infectious diseases, and plant science, with additional involvement in epidemiology and cell biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Plant pathogens and fungal diseases
  • Plant-microbe interactions and immunity
  • Infectious diseases and mycology
  • Parasitic diseases research and treatment

Alex Andrianopoulos has contributed to publications in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Frontiers in Built Environment
  • Current Protocols in Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Juthatip Jeenkeawpieam
  • Monsicha Pongpom
  • Thuy Le
  • Kaisu Pan
  • L. T. Hong

Notable publications by Alex Andrianopoulos are:

  • Laboratory Maintenance and Growth of Talaromyces marneffei, 2020, Current Protocols in Microbiology
  • Tangled Tales of Mycelium and Architecture: Learning From Failure, 2022, Frontiers in Built Environment
  • Calcineurin A Is Essential in the Regulation of Asexual Development, Stress Responses and Pathogenesis in Talaromyces marneffei, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antifungal Activity and Molecular Mechanisms of Partial Purified Antifungal Proteins from Rhinacanthus nasutus against Talaromyces marneffei, 2020, Journal of Fungi
  • A global call for talaromycosis to be recognised as a neglected tropical disease, 2021, The Lancet Global Health

Best Publications

  • mpeg1 promoter transgenes direct macrophage-lineage expression in zebrafish

    Felix Ellett;Felix Ellett;Luke Pase;John W. Hayman;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • The Aspergillus nidulans abaA gene encodes a transcriptional activator that acts as a genetic switch to control development.

    A Andrianopoulos;W E Timberlake

  • Evolution of a Fungal Regulatory Gene Family: The Zn(II)2Cys6 Binuclear Cluster DNA Binding Motif

    Richard B. Todd;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • Genomic Analyses of the Microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an Emergent Pathogen of Honey Bees

    R. Scott Cornman;Yan Ping Chen;Michael C. Schatz;Craig Street

  • Cis-regulatory elements in the Accord retrotransposon result in tissue-specific expression of the Drosophila melanogaster insecticide resistance gene Cyp6g1

    Henry Chung;Michael R Bogwitz;Caroline McCart;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae TEC1 is required for pseudohyphal growth

    Victoria Gavrias;Alex Andrianopoulos;Carlos J. Gimeno;William E. Timberlake

  • Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans nmrA Gene Involved in Nitrogen Metabolite repression

    Alex Andrianopoulos;Sophie Kourambas;Julie A. Sharp;Meryl A. Davis

  • HAP-Like CCAAT-binding complexes in filamentous fungi: implications for biotechnology.

    A.A. Brakhage;A. Andrianopoulos;M. Kato;S. Steidl

  • Control of morphogenesis and actin localization by the Penicillium marneffei RAC homolog.

    Kylie J. Boyce;Michael J. Hynes;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • The abaA homologue of Penicillium marneffei participates in two developmental programmes: conidiation and dimorphic growth

    Anthony R. Borneman;Michael J. Hynes;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • Sequencing of mitochondrial genomes of nine Aspergillus and Penicillium species identifies mobile introns and accessory genes as main sources of genome size variability

    Vinita Joardar;Natalie F Abrams;Jessica Hostetler;Paul J Paukstelis

  • ATTS, a new and conserved DNA binding domain.

    Alex Andrianopoulos;William E. Timberlake

  • Cloning and analysis of the positively acting regulatory gene amdR from Aspergillus nidulans

    A Andrianopoulos;M J Hynes

  • AnCF, the CCAAT Binding Complex of Aspergillus nidulans, Contains Products of the hapB, hapC, and hapE Genes and Is Required for Activation by the Pathway-Specific Regulatory Gene amdR

    Stefan Steidl;Peter Papagiannopoulos;Olivier Litzka;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • The Ras and Rho GTPases genetically interact to co‐ordinately regulate cell polarity during development in Penicillium marneffei

    Kylie J. Boyce;Michael J. Hynes;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • An STE12 homolog from the asexual, dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei complements the defect in sexual development of an Aspergillus nidulans steA mutant.

    Anthony R. Borneman;Michael J. Hynes;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • The CDC42 homolog of the dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei is required for correct cell polarization during growth but not development.

    Kylie J. Boyce;Michael J. Hynes;Alex Andrianopoulos

  • Elucidation of the calcineurin-Crz1 stress response transcriptional network in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

    E. W. L. Chow;S. A. Clancey;R. B. Billmyre;A. F. Averette

  • Sequence and functional analysis of the positively acting regulatory gene amdR from Aspergillus nidulans.

    A Andrianopoulos;M J Hynes

  • FacB, the Aspergillus nidulans activator of acetate utilization genes, binds dissimilar DNA sequences.

    Richard B. Todd;Alex Andrianopoulos;Meryl A. Davis;Michael J. Hynes

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Hynes
Michael J. Hynes University of Galway
Graham J. Lieschke
Graham J. Lieschke Monash University
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute
Malcolm J. McConville
Malcolm J. McConville University of Melbourne
Joseph Strauss
Joseph Strauss BOKU University
Gordon K. Smyth
Gordon K. Smyth Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
David W. Denning
David W. Denning University of Manchester
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service
Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Richard H. ffrench-Constant University of Exeter

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