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Best Publications

  • The Biology of the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex

    Xiaorong Lin;Joseph Heitman

  • Sexual reproduction between partners of the same mating type in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Xiaorong Lin;Christina M. Hull;Christina M. Hull;Joseph Heitman

  • Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Alexander Idnurm;Yong Sun Bahn;Kirsten Nielsen;Xiaorong Lin

  • The Antidepressant Sertraline Provides a Promising Therapeutic Option for Neurotropic Cryptococcal Infections

    Bing Zhai;Cheng Wu;Linqi Wang;Matthew S. Sachs

  • Cryptococcus neoformans: Morphogenesis, infection, and evolution

    Unknown

  • The major 8p22 tumor suppressor DLC1 is frequently silenced by methylation in both endemic and sporadic nasopharyngeal, esophageal, and cervical carcinomas, and inhibits tumor cell colony formation.

    T. J. Seng;J. S.W. Low;H. Li;H. Li;Y. Cui

  • Multiple Applications of a Transient CRISPR-Cas9 Coupled with Electroporation (TRACE) System in the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex

    Unknown

  • αADα Hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans: Evidence of Same-Sex Mating in Nature and Hybrid Fitness

    Xiaorong Lin;Anastasia P Litvintseva;Kirsten Nielsen;Sweta Patel

  • The Link between Morphotype Transition and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Unknown

  • Transcription Factors Mat2 and Znf2 Operate Cellular Circuits Orchestrating Opposite- and Same-Sex Mating in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Xiaorong Lin;Jennifer C. Jackson;Marianna Feretzaki;Chaoyang Xue;Chaoyang Xue

  • Virulence Attributes and Hyphal Growth of C. neoformans Are Quantitative Traits and the MATα Allele Enhances Filamentation

    Xiaorong Lin;Johnny C Huang;Thomas G Mitchell;Joseph Heitman

  • Diploids in the Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Population Homozygous for the α Mating Type Originate via Unisexual Mating

    Xiaorong Lin;Sweta Patel;Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Anna Floyd

  • Aspergillus nidulans RhoA is involved in polar growth, branching, and cell wall synthesis

    Unknown

  • Conidiation Color Mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus Are Highly Pathogenic to the Heterologous Insect Host Galleria mellonella

    Unknown

  • Functional analysis of host factors that mediate the intracellular lifestyle of Cryptococcus neoformans.

    Qing-Ming Qin;Jijing Luo;Xiaorong Lin;Jianwu Pei

  • Morphogenesis in fungal pathogenicity: shape, size, and surface.

    Unknown

  • Mechanisms of Homothallism in Fungi and Transitions between Heterothallism and Homothallism

    Xiaorong Lin;Joseph Heitman

  • Polymyxin B, in combination with fluconazole, exerts a potent fungicidal effect

    Unknown

  • Impact of Mating Type, Serotype, and Ploidy on the Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

    Xiaorong Lin;Kirsten Nielsen;Sweta Patel;Joseph Heitman

  • Life Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University
Alexander Idnurm
Alexander Idnurm University of Melbourne
Richard B. Meagher
Richard B. Meagher University of Georgia
Kirsten Nielsen
Kirsten Nielsen University of Minnesota
Thomas G. Mitchell
Thomas G. Mitchell Duke University
Anastasia P. Litvintseva
Anastasia P. Litvintseva Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marlan O. Scully
Marlan O. Scully Texas A&M University
Bian Wu
Bian Wu Xidian University
Matthew S. Sachs
Matthew S. Sachs Texas A&M University
Richard Malik
Richard Malik University of Sydney

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