Xiaorong Lin

Best Publications

• The Biology of the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex

  Xiaorong Lin;Joseph Heitman

  557
  Citations

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

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

  482
  Citations

• Deciphering the model pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

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

  458
  Citations

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

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

  233
  Citations

• Cryptococcus neoformans: Morphogenesis, infection, and evolution

  Unknown

  226
  Citations

• 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

  190
  Citations

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

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  185
  Citations

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

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

  168
  Citations

• The Link between Morphotype Transition and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

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  154
  Citations

• 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

  151
  Citations

• 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

  149
  Citations

• 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

  148
  Citations

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

  Unknown

  122
  Citations

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

  Unknown

  119
  Citations

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

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

  114
  Citations

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

  Unknown

  114
  Citations

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

  Xiaorong Lin;Joseph Heitman

  112
  Citations

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

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  111
  Citations

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

  Xiaorong Lin;Kirsten Nielsen;Sweta Patel;Joseph Heitman

  105
  Citations

• Life Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans

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  105
  Citations