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B. Gillian Turgeon

B. Gillian Turgeon

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
15771
World Ranking
11801
National Ranking
5078

Overview

B. Gillian Turgeon is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. The research work spans several interconnected fields, primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses on subfields such as Plant Science, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Turgeon's recent publications demonstrate a focus on fungal biology, plant pathogens, and related toxins. Among these are:

  • 101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens, 2020, Studies in Mycology
  • Victorin, the host-selective cyclic peptide toxin from the oat pathogen Cochliobolus victoriae, is ribosomally encoded, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Natural roles of nonribosomal peptide metabolites in fungi, 2020, Mycoscience
  • Copper starvation induces antimicrobial isocyanide integrated into two distinct biosynthetic pathways in fungi, 2022, Nature Communications
  • T-Toxin Virulence Genes: Unconnected Dots in a Sea of Repeats, 2023, mBio

Frequent collaborators in Turgeon's research include Sajeet Haridas, Scott Baker, Igor V. Grigoriev, Adriana Rightmyer, and Jennifer B. González. These coauthors have appeared consistently across multiple publications.

Major venues for Turgeon's publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Studies in Mycology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mycoscience
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • The Fusarium graminearum Genome Reveals a Link Between Localized Polymorphism and Pathogen Specialization

    Christina A. Cuomo;Ulrich Güldener;Jin Rong Xu;Frances Trail

  • Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

    Robin A. Ohm;Nicolas Feau;Bernard Henrissat;Conrad L Schoch

  • Phylogenomic analysis of type I polyketide synthase genes in pathogenic and saprobic ascomycetes

    Scott Kroken;N. Louise Glass;John W. Taylor;O. C. Yoder

  • Effector diversification within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by Repeat-Induced Point mutations

    Thierry Rouxel;Jonathan Grandaubert;James K. Hane;Claire Hoede

  • Siderophores in fungal physiology and virulence.

    Hubertus Haas;Martin Eisendle;B Gillian Turgeon

  • Split-Marker Recombination for Efficient Targeted Deletion of Fungal Genes

    Natalie L. Catlett;Bee-Na Lee;O. C. Yoder;B. Gillian Turgeon

  • NPS6 , Encoding a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Involved in Siderophore-Mediated Iron Metabolism, Is a Conserved Virulence Determinant of Plant Pathogenic Ascomycetes

    Shinichi Oide;Wolfgang Moeder;Stuart Krasnoff;Donna Gibson

  • Proposed nomenclature for mating type genes of filamentous ascomycetes.

    B. G. Turgeon;O. C. Yoder

  • Whole-Genome Analysis of Two-Component Signal Transduction Genes in Fungal Pathogens

    Natalie L. Catlett;Olen C. Yoder;B. Gillian Turgeon

  • Tagged mutations at the Tox1 locus of Cochliobolus heterostrophus by restriction enzyme-mediated integration.

    Shunwen Lu;L. Lyngholm;Ge Yang;C. Bronson

  • Development of a fungal transformation system based on selection of sequences with promoter activity.

    B G Turgeon;R C Garber;O C Yoder

  • Molecular organization of mating type loci in heterothallic, homothallic, and asexual Gibberella/Fusarium species.

    Sung-Hwan Yun;Tsutomu Arie;Isao Kaneko;O.C. Yoder

  • Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors

    Yun Sh;Berbee Ml;Yoder Oc;Turgeon Bg

  • Comparative Genome Structure, Secondary Metabolite, and Effector Coding Capacity across Cochliobolus Pathogens

    Bradford J. Condon;Yueqiang Leng;Dongliang Wu;Kathryn E. Bushley

  • A polyketide synthase is required for fungal virulence and production of the polyketide T-toxin.

    G Yang;M S Rose;B G Turgeon;O C Yoder

  • Comparative genomics of a plant-pathogenic fungus, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, reveals transduplication and the impact of repeat elements on pathogenicity and population divergence.

    Viola A. Manning;Iovanna Pandelova;Braham Dhillon;Larry J. Wilhelm;Larry J. Wilhelm

  • Phylogenomics reveals subfamilies of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases and their evolutionary relationships

    Kathryn E Bushley;B Gillian Turgeon

  • A G PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT FROM COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS INVOLVED IN MATING AND APPRESSORIUM FORMATION

    Benjamin A. Horwitz;Amir Sharon;Shun-Wen Lu;Vladimir Ritter

  • Shifting fungal reproductive mode by manipulation of mating type genes: obligatory heterothallism of Gibberella zeae

    Jungkwan Lee;Theresa Lee;Yin-Won Lee;Sung-Hwan Yun

Frequent Co-Authors

Olen C. Yoder
Olen C. Yoder Cornell University
Benjamin A. Horwitz
Benjamin A. Horwitz Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Lynda M. Ciuffetti
Lynda M. Ciuffetti Oregon State University
Conrad L. Schoch
Conrad L. Schoch National Institutes of Health
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Stephen B. Goodwin
Stephen B. Goodwin Purdue University West Lafayette
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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