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R. B. Billmyre

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h-index: 24
Works: 49
Citations: 2,209

Most-cited papers

Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation
G. Janbon, Kate L. Ormerod, D. Paulet, E. Byrnes +48 more
2014PLoS Genetics383 citations Open access
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Analysis of a Food-Borne Fungal Pathogen Outbreak: Virulence and Genome of a Mucor circinelloides Isolate from Yogurt
Soo-Chan Lee, R. B. Billmyre, A. Li, Sandra E Carson +6 more
2014mBio135 citations Open access
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Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the Cryptococcus Genus
F. Hagen, H. Lumbsch, V. Arsić Arsenijević, H. Badali +56 more
2017Msphere134 citations Open access
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RNAi Function, Diversity, and Loss in the Fungal Kingdom
R. B. Billmyre, S. Calo, Marianna Feretzaki, Xu-Ying Wang +1 more
2013Chromosome Research117 citations Open access
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RNAi is a critical determinant of centromere evolution in closely related fungi
V. Yadav, Sheng Sun, R. B. Billmyre, B. Thimmappa +6 more
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America113 citations Open access
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Elucidation of the calcineurin-Crz1 stress response transcriptional network in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
E. W. L. Chow, Shelly Applen Clancey, R. B. Billmyre, A. Averette +4 more
2017PLoS Genetics104 citations Open access
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Cryptococcus gattii VGIII Isolates Causing Infections in HIV/AIDS Patients in Southern California: Identification of the Local Environmental Source as Arboreal
Deborah J. Springer, R. B. Billmyre, Elan E. Filler, Kerstin Voelz +7 more
2014PLoS Pathogens102 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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Highly Recombinant VGII Cryptococcus gattii Population Develops Clonal Outbreak Clusters through both Sexual Macroevolution and Asexual Microevolution
R. B. Billmyre, D. Croll, Wenjun Li, P. Mieczkowski +4 more
2014mBio83 citations Open access
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Natural mismatch repair mutations mediate phenotypic diversity and drug resistance in Cryptococcus deuterogattii
R. B. Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, J. Heitman
2017bioRxiv82 citations Open access
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Identification of small RNAs in extracellular vesicles from the commensal yeast Malassezia sympodialis
S. Rayner, Sören Bruhn, H. Vallhov, Anna Andersson +2 more
2017Scientific Reports75 citations Open access
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Unisexual Reproduction Drives Meiotic Recombination and Phenotypic and Karyotypic Plasticity in Cryptococcus neoformans
Sheng Sun, R. B. Billmyre, P. Mieczkowski, J. Heitman
2014PLoS Genetics72 citations Open access
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Fungal genome and mating system transitions facilitated by chromosomal translocations involving intercentromeric recombination
Sheng Sun, V. Yadav, R. B. Billmyre, C. Cuomo +9 more
2017PLoS Biology69 citations Open access
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Whole-Genome Analysis Illustrates Global Clonal Population Structure of the Ubiquitous Dermatophyte Pathogen Trichophyton rubrum
G. Persinoti, Diego A. Martinez, Wenjun Li, Aylin Döğen +16 more
2018Genetics66 citations Open access
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Broad antifungal resistance mediated by RNAi-dependent epimutation in the basal human fungal pathogen Mucor circinelloides
Zanetta Chang, R. B. Billmyre, Soo-Chan Lee, J. Heitman
2019bioRxiv64 citations Open access
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Genetic and Genomic Analyses Reveal Boundaries between Species Closely Related to Cryptococcus Pathogens
A. Passer, Marco A. Coelho, R. B. Billmyre, M. Nowrousian +6 more
2019mBio50 citations Open access
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Unisexual versus bisexual mating in Cryptococcus neoformans: Consequences and biological impacts
Ci Fu, Sheng Sun, R. B. Billmyre, Kevin C. Roach +1 more
2014Fungal Genetics and Biology47 citations Open access
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A Novel Resistance Pathway for Calcineurin Inhibitors in the Human-Pathogenic Mucorales Mucor circinelloides
Sandeep Vellanki, R. B. Billmyre, Alejandra L. Lorenzen, M. Campbell +4 more
2019mBio44 citations Open access
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Gene Network Polymorphism Illuminates Loss and Retention of Novel RNAi Silencing Components in the Cryptococcus Pathogenic Species Complex
Marianna Feretzaki, R. B. Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Xu-Ying Wang +1 more
2016PLoS Genetics44 citations Open access
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Generators of Phenotypic Diversity in the Evolution of Pathogenic Microorganisms
S. Calo, R. B. Billmyre, J. Heitman
2013PLoS Pathogens44 citations Open access
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Roles for Stress Response and Cell Wall Biosynthesis Pathways in Caspofungin Tolerance in Cryptococcus neoformans
Kaila M. Pianalto, R. B. Billmyre, Calla L. Telzrow, J. Alspaugh
2018Genetics41 citations Open access
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Proteogenomics produces comprehensive and highly accurate protein-coding gene annotation in a complete genome assembly of Malassezia sympodialis
Ya-Feng Zhu, Pär G. Engström, C. Tellgren-Roth, Charles D. Baudo +18 more
2017Nucleic Acids Research41 citations Open access
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A High-Resolution Map of Meiotic Recombination in Cryptococcus deneoformans Demonstrates Decreased Recombination in Unisexual Reproduction
C. Roth, Sheng Sun, R. B. Billmyre, J. Heitman +1 more
2018Genetics36 citations Open access
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Epidemiology and Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Plants and Animals
P. Gladieux, E. Byrnes, G. Aguileta, M. Fisher +3 more
201727 citations
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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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The wtf meiotic driver gene family has unexpectedly persisted for over 100 million years
M. De Carvalho, Guo-Song Jia, Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa, R. B. Billmyre +5 more
2022bioRxiv21 citations Open access
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Landscape of essential growth and fluconazole-resistance genes in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
R. B. Billmyre, Caroline J. Craig, Joshua Lyon, Claire Reichardt +3 more
2025PLoS Biology16 citations Open access
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Genome-wide quantification of contributions to sexual fitness identifies genes required for spore viability and health in fission yeast
R. B. Billmyre, Michael T. Eickbush, Caroline J. Craig, Jeffrey J. Lange +3 more
2022PLoS Genetics12 citations Open access
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Diverse mating phenotypes impact the spread of wtf meiotic drivers in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
José Fabricio López Hernández, R. Helston, Jeffrey J. Lange, R. B. Billmyre +4 more
2021eLife10 citations Open access
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Genetic and epigenetic engines of diversity in pathogenic microbes
R. B. Billmyre, J. Heitman
2017PLoS Pathogens10 citations Open access
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Cancer-associated isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations induce mitochondrial DNA instability.
J. Kingsbury, Nachi Shamaprasad, R. B. Billmyre, J. Heitman +1 more
2016Human Molecular Genetics10 citations Open access
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with strain-specific virulence differences among clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
Katrina M. Jackson, Thomas J. Y. Kono, J. J. Betancourt, Yi-Na Wang +13 more
2024Nature Communications9 citations Open access
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CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair
Matthew J. O’Meara, Jackson R. Rapala, Connie B. Nichols, A. Alexandre +4 more
2024PLoS Genetics6 citations Open access
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Saturation transposon mutagenesis enables genome-wide identification of genes required for growth and fluconazole resistance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
R. B. Billmyre, Caroline J. Craig, Joshua Lyon, Claire Reichardt +2 more
2024bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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Diverse mating phenotypes impact the spread of wtf meiotic drivers in S. pombe
José Fabricio López Hernández, R. Helston, Jeffrey J. Lange, R. B. Billmyre +4 more
2021bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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CryptoCEN: A Co-Expression Network for Cryptococcus neoformans reveals novel proteins involved in DNA damage repair
Matthew J. O’Meara, Jackson R. Rapala, Connie B. Nichols, Cristina M. Alexandre +4 more
2023bioRxiv3 citations Open access
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Hypermutation in Cryptococcus reveals a novel pathway to 5-fluorocytosine (5FC) resistance
R. B. Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Lucy X. Li, T. Doering +1 more
2019bioRxiv3 citations Open access
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Celebrating the fifth edition of the International Symposium on Fungal Stress – ISFUS, a decade after its 2014 debut
A. Alder-Rangel, Amanda E.A. Rangel, A. Casadevall, Asiya Gusa +35 more
2025Fungal Biology2 citations Open access
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Drug Resistance and Evolvability in an Emerging Human Fungal Pathogen
R. B. Billmyre
2022mBio2 citations Open access
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Harvesting life's energy: increase in the aerotolerence of the electrogenic anaerobe geobacter sulfurreducens due to over-expression of superoxide dismutase and catalase
J. Axe, R. B. Billmyre, Kevin Heffner Duty, Greg T. Hitz +2 more
20092 citations
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Pericentromeric repeat copy number tunes heterochromatin dosage to control chromosome segregation and gene expression in fission yeast
S. Gilmour, Brandon L. Fagen, Devika Salim, María Angélica Bravo Núñez +12 more
2026bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Genome-wide identification of sexual-reproduction genes in fission yeast via transposon-insertion sequencing
R. B. Billmyre, Michael T. Eickbush, Caroline J. Craig, Jeffrey J. Lange +3 more
20211 citations Open access
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Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the <italic toggle='yes'>Cryptococcus</italic> Genus
F. Hagen, H. Lumbsch, V. Arsenijevic, H. Badali +45 more
20171 citations
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Author Correction: Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with strain-specific virulence differences among clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
Katrina M. Jackson, Thomas J. Y. Kono, J. J. Betancourt, Yi-Na Wang +13 more
2025Nature Communications0 citations Open access
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mSphere of Influence: When a sequencer is more than a sequencer
R. B. Billmyre
2024Msphere0 citations Open access
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Author response: Diverse mating phenotypes impact the spread of wtf meiotic drivers in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
José Fabricio López Hernández, R. Helston, Jeffrey J. Lange, R. B. Billmyre +4 more
20210 citations Open access
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A High Resolution Map of Meiotic Recombination in Cryptococcus Demonstrates Decreased Recombination in Unisexual Reproduction
C. Roth, Sheng Sun, R. B. Billmyre, J. Heitman +1 more
2017bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Genome evolution in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deuterogattii
R. B. Billmyre
20170 citations
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Analysis of a Food-Borne Fungal Pathogen Outbreak: Virulence and Genome of a <italic toggle='yes'>Mucor circinelloides</italic> Isolate from Yogurt
Soo-Chan Lee, R. B. Billmyre, A. Li, Sandra E Carson +6 more
20140 citations
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