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h-index: 132
Works: 732
Citations: 56K

Most-cited papers

Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture
M. Fisher, S. Gurr, C. Cuomo, D. Blehert +15 more
2020mBio419 citations Open access
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5-fluorocytosine resistance is associated with hypermutation and alterations in capsule biosynthesis in Cryptococcus
R. B. Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Lucy X. Li, T. Doering +1 more
2020Nature Communications100 citations Open access
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Early diverging fungus Mucor circinelloides lacks centromeric histone CENP-A and displays a mosaic of point and regional centromeres
M. Navarro-Mendoza, Carlos Pérez-Arques, S. Panchal, F. E. Nicolás +7 more
2019bioRxiv92 citations Open access
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Fungal pathogens.
Sheng Sun, Michael J. Hoy, J. Heitman
2020Current Biology65 citations Open access
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The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks
T. Boekhout, M. Aime, D. Begerow, T. Gabaldón +8 more
2021Fungal diversity63 citations Open access
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Transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus is mutagenic during infection and promotes drug resistance in vitro
Asiya Gusa, Jonathan D. Williams, Jang-Eun Cho, A. Averette +5 more
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America63 citations Open access
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Genome-wide functional analysis of phosphatases in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
Jae-Hyung Jin, Kyung-Tae Lee, Joohyeon Hong, Dongpil Lee +28 more
2020Nature Communications53 citations Open access
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One Health: Fungal Pathogens of Humans, Animals, and Plants
J. Konopka, A. Casadevall, John W. Taylor, J. Heitman +1 more
201952 citations Open access
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Advances in understanding the evolution of fungal genome architecture
Shelby J. Priest, V. Yadav, J. Heitman
2020F1000Research51 citations Open access
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Uncontrolled transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
Shelby J. Priest, V. Yadav, C. Roth, Tim A. Dahlmann +3 more
2022Nature Microbiology47 citations Open access
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Genome-wide analysis of heat stress-stimulated transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans
Asiya Gusa, V. Yadav, C. Roth, Jonathan D. Williams +4 more
2022bioRxiv46 citations Open access
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The future of fungi: threats and opportunities
Nicola T. Case, J. Berman, D. Blehert, Robert A. Cramer +30 more
2022G344 citations Open access
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Loss of centromere function drives karyotype evolution in closely related Malassezia species
S. Sankaranarayanan, G. Ianiri, Marco A. Coelho, M. Reza +9 more
2020eLife43 citations Open access
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On the evolution of variation in sexual reproduction through the prism of eukaryotic microbes
V. Yadav, Sheng Sun, J. Heitman
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America38 citations
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Microbe Profile: Cryptococcus neoformans species complex.
Yong-Sun Bahn, Sheng Sun, J. Heitman, Xiao-Rong Lin
2020Microbiology36 citations Open access
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HGT in the human and skin commensal Malassezia: A bacterially derived flavohemoglobin is required for NO resistance and host interaction
G. Ianiri, Marco A. Coelho, Fiorella Ruchti, Florian Sparber +10 more
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America34 citations Open access
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Calcineurin: The Achilles’ heel of fungal pathogens
V. Yadav, J. Heitman
2023PLoS Pathogens33 citations Open access
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Long transposon-rich centromeres in an oomycete reveal divergence of centromere features in Stramenopila-Alveolata-Rhizaria lineages
Y. Fang, Marco A. Coelho, Haidong Shu, Klaas Schotanus +12 more
2019bioRxiv33 citations Open access
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Structure-Guided Synthesis of FK506 and FK520 Analogs with Increased Selectivity Exhibit In Vivo Therapeutic Efficacy against Cryptococcus
Michael J. Hoy, Eunchong Park, Hyunji Lee, W. Lim +10 more
2022bioRxiv27 citations Open access
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Infection and inflammation: New perspectives on Alzheimer's disease
Heather E. Whitson, Carol Colton, J. E. El Khoury, D. Gate +20 more
2022Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health27 citations Open access
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Natural product ligands of FKBP12: Immunosuppressive antifungal agents FK506, rapamycin, and beyond
Angela Rivera, J. Heitman
2023PLoS Pathogens26 citations Open access
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Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans
Shelby J. Priest, Marco A. Coelho, V. Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey +4 more
2020bioRxiv24 citations Open access
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Molecular Tools for the Yeast Papiliotrema terrestris LS28 and Identification of Yap1 as a Transcription Factor Involved in Biocontrol Activity
R. Castoria, C. Miccoli, G. Barone, D. Palmieri +4 more
2021Applied and Environmental Microbiology23 citations Open access
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Uniparental nuclear inheritance following bisexual mating in fungi
V. Yadav, Sheng Sun, J. Heitman
2020bioRxiv23 citations Open access
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Gastrointestinal microbiota alteration induced by Mucor circinelloides in a murine model
Katherine D. Mueller, Hao Zhang, C. Serrano, R. B. Billmyre +6 more
2019Journal of Microbiology23 citations Open access
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Dynamic genome plasticity during unisexual reproduction in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans
Ci Fu, Aaliyah Davy, S. Holmes, Sheng Sun +4 more
2021bioRxiv21 citations Open access
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Leveraging Fungal and Human Calcineurin-Inhibitor Structures, Biophysical Data, and Dynamics To Design Selective and Nonimmunosuppressive FK506 Analogs
S. Gobeil, Benjamin G. Bobay, P. Juvvadi, D. C. Cole +4 more
2021mBio21 citations Open access
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Tornadic Shear Stress Induces a Transient, Calcineurin-Dependent Hypervirulent Phenotype in Mucorales Molds
S. Wurster, A. Tatara, N. Albert, A. Ibrahim +8 more
2020mBio21 citations Open access
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Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur
B. Theelen, V. Mixão, G. Ianiri, Joleen P. Z. Goh +5 more
2021bioRxiv19 citations Open access
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Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in Malassezia and early steps in sexual reproduction
Marco A. Coelho, G. Ianiri, Márcia David-Palma, B. Theelen +6 more
2023bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Sequencing the Genomes of the First Terrestrial Fungal Lineages: What Have We Learned?
A. Gryganskyi, Jacob J. Golan, Anna Muszewska, A. Idnurm +23 more
2023Microorganisms18 citations Open access
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Application of an optimized annotation pipeline to the Cryptococcus deuterogattii genome reveals dynamic primary metabolic gene clusters and genomic impact of RNAi loss
Patrícia Aline Gröhs Ferrareze, C. Maufrais, Rodrigo Silva Araujo Streit, Shelby J. Priest +4 more
2020bioRxiv18 citations Open access
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Pleiotropy and epistasis within and between signaling pathways defines the genetic architecture of fungal virulence
C. Roth, Debra Murray, A. Scott, Ci Fu +4 more
2020bioRxiv16 citations Open access
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Approaches for Genetic Discoveries in the Skin Commensal and Pathogenic Malassezia Yeasts
G. Ianiri, J. Heitman
2020Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology16 citations Open access
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Heterochromatin and RNAi act independently to ensure genome stability in Mucorales human fungal pathogens
M. Navarro-Mendoza, Carlos Pérez-Arques, J. Heitman
2023bioRxiv15 citations Open access
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Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen
Sheng Sun, C. Roth, Anna Floyd-Averette, P. Magwene +1 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America15 citations Open access
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Amoeba predation of Cryptococcus: A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the accidental pathogen hypothesis
Thomas J. C. Sauters, C. Roth, Debra Murray, Sheng Sun +5 more
2023bioRxiv14 citations Open access
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Epigenetic dynamics of centromeres and neocentromeres in Cryptococcus deuterogattii
Klaas Schotanus, V. Yadav, J. Heitman
2021PLoS Genetics14 citations Open access
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On Fruits and Fungi: A Risk of Antifungal Usage in Food Storage and Distribution in Driving Drug Resistance in Candida auris
V. Yadav, J. Heitman
2022mBio12 citations Open access
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Unraveling the Pathobiological Role of the Fungal KEOPS Complex in Cryptococcus neoformans
Yeseul Choi, E. Jeong, Dong-Gi Lee, Jae-Hyung Jin +13 more
2022mBio12 citations Open access
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The necessity for molecular classification of basidiomycetous biocontrol yeasts
C. Miccoli, D. Palmieri, F. DeCurtis, G. Lima +3 more
2020BioControl (Dordrecht)12 citations
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The Untapped Australasian Diversity of Astaxanthin-Producing Yeasts with Biotechnological Potential—Phaffia australis sp. nov. and Phaffia tasmanica sp. nov.
Márcia David-Palma, D. Libkind, Patrícia H. Brito, Margarida Silva +5 more
2020Microorganisms12 citations Open access
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Multiple Pathways to Homothallism in Closely Related Yeast Lineages in the Basidiomycota
Alexandra Cabrita, Márcia David-Palma, Patrícia H. Brito, J. Heitman +2 more
2020mBio9 citations Open access
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Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex
A. Passer, Shelly Applen Clancey, T. Shea, Márcia David-Palma +8 more
2022eLife7 citations Open access
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Clonal evolution in serially passaged Cryptococcus neoformans x deneoformans hybrids reveals a heterogenous landscape of genomic change
Lucas A. Michelotti, Sheng Sun, J. Heitman, T. James
2021bioRxiv7 citations Open access
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Expression of a Malassezia Codon Optimized mCherry Fluorescent Protein in a Bicistronic Vector
Joleen P. Z. Goh, G. Ianiri, J. Heitman, T. Dawson
2020bioRxiv7 citations Open access
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FKBP12 Dimerization Mutations Effect FK506 Binding and Differentially Alter Calcineurin Inhibition in the Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus
P. Juvvadi, Benjamin G. Bobay, S. Gobeil, D. C. Cole +4 more
2020Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC7 citations Open access
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Identification of Mucormycosis by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Targeting Ribosomal RNA in Tissue Samples
Jill Jasmine Dalimot, I. M. Smith, J. Gerkrath, S. Hartmann +4 more
2022Journal of Fungi6 citations Open access
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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Stress-Driven Transposable Element De-repression Dynamics and Virulence Evolution in a Fungal Pathogen.
J. Heitman, Shelby J. Priest, V. Yadav
2020Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature6 citations
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Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22-modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans
Angela Rivera, Won Young Lim, Eunchong Park, Patrick A. Dome +10 more
2023mBio5 citations Open access
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