OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Genetics and Biology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungi, fungicide discovery and global food security	76
Investigating the cell and developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	54
In the fungus where it happens: History and future propelling Aspergillus nidulans as the archetype of natural products research	50
Host-specificity factors in plant pathogenic fungi	46
Development of a marker-free mutagenesis system using CRISPR-Cas9 in the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus	37
Multiple roles of ABC transporters in yeast	35
Asynchronous development of Zymoseptoria tritici infection in wheat	33
The pheromone response module, a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway implicated in the regulation of fungal development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity	28
Advances allowing feasible pyrG gene editing by a CRISPR-Cas9 system for the edible mushroom Pleurotus eryngii	27
Characterization of the asexual developmental genes brlA and wetA in Monascus ruber M7	24
Roles of six Hsp70 genes in virulence, cell wall integrity, antioxidant activity and multiple stress tolerance of Beauveria bassiana	21
Parallel evolution of multiple mechanisms for demethylase inhibitor fungicide resistance in the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. sp. maculata	21
System-wide characterization of subtilases reveals that subtilisin-like protease FgPrb1 of Fusarium graminearum regulates fungal development and virulence	20
Fungal cross-talk: an integrated approach to study distance communication	20
Update on the state of research to manage Fusarium head blight	20
SsCat2 encodes a catalase that is critical for the antioxidant response, QoI fungicide sensitivity, and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	18
Carbon catabolite repressor MoCreA is required for the asexual development and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus	18
Functional analyses of Pleurotus ostreatus pcc1 and clp1 using CRISPR/Cas9	16
Identification of the polyketide synthase PKS7 responsible for the production of lecanoric acid and ethyl lecanorate in Claviceps purpurea	16
Identification of the pigment and its role in UV resistance in Paecilomyces variotii, a Chernobyl isolate, using genetic manipulation strategies	16
Detailed analysis of the D-galactose catabolic pathways in Aspergillus niger reveals complexity at both metabolic and regulatory level	15
Characterization of microRNA-like RNAs associated with sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	15
The H4K20 methyltransferase Kmt5 is involved in secondary metabolism and stress response in phytopathogenic Fusarium species	14
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors	14
CsAtf1, a bZIP transcription factor, is involved in fludioxonil sensitivity and virulence in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum siamense	13

Oral-fecal mycobiome in wild and captive cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)	13
Fatty acid dioxygenase-cytochrome P450 fusion enzymes of filamentous fungal pathogens	13
SsATG8 and SsNBR1 mediated-autophagy is required for fungal development, proteasomal stress response and virulence in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	12
Molecular mechanism of fluconazole resistance and pathogenicity attributes of Lebanese Candida albicans hospital isolates	12
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium rileyi against Spodoptera litura larvae: Appressorium differentiation, proliferation in hemolymph, immune interaction, and reemergence of mycelium	12
An intergenic “safe haven” region in Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D genomes	12
F-box only and CUE proteins are crucial ubiquitination-associated components for conidiation and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae	12
FgPsd2, a phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of Fusarium graminearum, regulates development and virulence	12
Influence of glucose on xylose metabolization by Spathaspora passalidarum	12
Functional roles of all five putative hydrophobin genes in growth, development, and secondary metabolism in Fusarium graminearum	12
Polyketides produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae induce Candida albicans growth	12
Comparative transcriptome analysis of abnormal cap and healthy fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes	11
A peroxisomal sterol carrier protein 2 (Scp2) contributes to lipid trafficking in differentiation and virulence of the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana	11
Adaptive responses of Kluyveromyces marxianus CCT 7735 to 2-phenylethanol stress: Alterations in membrane fatty-acid composition, ergosterol content, exopolysaccharide production and reduction in reac	11
Botrytis cinerea methyl isocitrate lyase mediates oxidative stress tolerance and programmed cell death by modulating cellular succinate levels	11
Fungal cell death: The beginning of the end	11
Diversity of Omega Glutathione Transferases in mushroom-forming fungi revealed by phylogenetic, transcriptomic, biochemical and structural approaches	11
Role of beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase in lipid biosynthesis of the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina	11
Participation of Zip3, a ZIP domain-containing protein, in stress response and virulence in Cryptococcus gattii	11
Cadmium hyperaccumulating mushroom Cystoderma carcharias has two metallothionein isoforms usable for cadmium and copper storage	10
Investigation of citrinin and monacolin K gene clusters variation among pigment producer Monascus species	10
Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum	10
MaPmt1, a protein O-mannosyltransferase, contributes to virulence through governing the appressorium turgor pressure in Metarhizium acridum	10
Bioprospecting of the probiotic potential of yeasts isolated from a wine environment	10
Overexpression of chitinase in the endophyte Phomopsis liquidambaris enhances wheat resistance to Fusarium graminearum	10
Biological characterization of the melanin biosynthesis gene Bcscd1 in the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea	10
The spindle pole-body localization of activated cytoplasmic dynein is cell cycle-dependent in Aspergillus nidulans	9
Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: Potential consequences for virulence gene transmission	9
Epiphytic proliferation of Zymoseptoria tritici isolates on resistant wheat leaves	9
The type II phosphoinositide 4-kinase FgLsb6 is important for the development and virulence of Fusarium graminearum	9
A genome-wide genetic linkage map and reference quality genome sequence for a new race in the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	9
Regulation of conidiation, polarity growth, and pathogenicity by MrSte12 transcription factor in entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium rileyi	9
Mating-type locus rearrangements and shifts in thallism states in Citrus-associated Phyllosticta species	9
Targeted disruption of hir1 alters the transcriptional expression pattern of putative lignocellulolytic genes in the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus	9
Pseudoflowers produced by Fusarium xyrophilum on yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp.) in Guyana: A novel floral mimicry system?	9
Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa	8
Chromosome-level de novo assembly of Coprinopsis cinerea A43mut B43mut pab1-1 #326 and genetic variant identification of mutants using Nanopore MinION sequencing	8
Distinctive carbon repression effects in the carbohydrate-selective wood decay fungus Rhodonia placenta	8
Marker-free CRISPR-Cas9 based genetic engineering of the phytopathogenic fungus, Penicillium expansum	8
The D-galacturonic acid catabolic pathway genes differentially regulate virulence and salinity response in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	8
Analysis of genomic characteristics and their influence on metabolism in Aspergillus luchuensis albino mutants using genome sequencing	8
Efficient genome editing using endogenous U6 snRNA promoter-driven CRISPR/Cas9 sgRNA in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	8
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and chromosomal copy number variation may impact the Sporothrix brasiliensis antifungal susceptibility and sporotrichosis clinical outcomes	8
Genetic map and heritability of Aspergillus flavus	8
A SET domain-containing protein involved in cell wall integrity signaling and peroxisome biogenesis is essential for appressorium formation and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	7
Predicting functions of putative fungal sesquiterpene synthase genes based on multiomics data analysis	7
An Indian lineage of Histoplasma with strong signatures of differentiation and selection	7
Histatin 5 variant reduces Candida albicans biofilm viability and inhibits biofilm formation	7
Autophagy-related protein UvAtg7 contributes to mycelial growth, virulence, asexual reproduction and cell stress response in rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	7
Characterization of a heme-protein responsive to hypoxia in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis	7

Quinidine drug resistance transporter knockout Candida cells modulate glucose transporter expression and accumulate metabolites leading to enhanced azole drug resistance	7
F-actin dynamics following mechanical injury of Trichoderma atroviride and Neurospora crassa hyphae	7
Live-cell imaging of rapid calcium dynamics using fluorescent, genetically-encoded GCaMP probes with Aspergillus fumigatus	7
Austropuccinia psidii uses tetrapolar mating and produces meiotic spores in older infections on Eucalyptus grandis	6
Identification of a polyketide biosynthesis gene cluster by transcriptional regulator activation in Aspergillus terreus	6
Genomic regions associated with virulence in Setosphaeria turcica identified by linkage mapping in a biparental population	6
A new scheme to artificially alter yeast mating-types without autodiploidization	6
The Bcvic1 and Bcvic2 vegetative incompatibility genes in Botrytis cinerea encode proteins with domain architectures involved in allorecognition in other filamentous fungi	6
Insights into oleaginous phenotype of the yeast Papiliotrema laurentii	6
The establishment of multiple knockout mutants of Colletotrichum orbiculare by CRISPR-Cas9 and Cre-loxP systems	6
A transcription factor and a phosphatase regulate temperature-dependent morphogenesis in the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici	6
Comparative transcriptomics of growth metabolism and virulence reveal distinct morphogenic profiles of yeast-like cells and hyphae of the fungus Metarhizium rileyi	6
Acetolactate synthases regulatory subunit and catalytic subunit genes VdILVs are involved in BCAA biosynthesis, microscletotial and conidial formation and virulence in Verticillium dahliae	6
RimO (SrrB) is required for carbon starvation signaling and production of secondary metabolites in Aspergillus nidulans	5
Intracellular sequestration of cadmium and zinc in ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (Agaricales, Amanitaceae) and characterization of its metallothionein gene	5
Transcription factor lineages in plant-pathogenic fungi, connecting diversity with fungal virulence	5
Intra-hemocoel injection of pseurotin A from Metarhizium anisopliae, induces dose-dependent reversible paralysis in the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella)	5
The Zymoseptoria tritici white collar-1 gene, ZtWco-1, is required for development and virulence on wheat	5
Visualizing three-dimensional fungal growth using light sheet fluorescence microscopy	5
Central American and Caribbean population history of the Pseudocercospora fijiensis fungus responsible for the latest worldwide pandemics on banana	5
Coregulation of gene expression by White collar 1 and phytochrome in Ustilago maydis	5
New Papiliotrema laurentii UFV-1 strains with improved acetic acid tolerance selected by adaptive laboratory evolution	5
Dual-specificity protein phosphatase Msg5 controls cell wall integrity and virulence in Fusarium oxysporum	5
Protein O-mannosylation affects protein secretion, cell wall integrity and morphogenesis in Trichoderma reesei	5
Genus-wide analysis of Fusarium polyketide synthases reveals broad chemical potential	5
Emp47 and Vip36 are required for polarized growth and protein trafficking between ER and Golgi apparatus in opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus	5
Snf1p/Hxk2p/Mig1p pathway regulates hexose transporters transcript levels, affecting the exponential growth and mitochondrial respiration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	4
Exploring a novel genomic safe-haven site in the human pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus	4
Mechanistic investigations of hirsutene biosynthesis catalyzed by a chimeric sesquiterpene synthase from Steccherinum ochraceum	4
Distinct roles for different autophagy-associated genes in the virulence of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici	4
Sequencing of non-virulent strains of Fusarium fujikuroi reveals genes putatively involved in bakanae disease of rice	4
Genome sequencing progenies of magic mushrooms (Psilocybe subaeruginosa) identifies tetrapolar mating and gene duplications in the psilocybin pathway	4
Drafting Penicillium oxalicum calcineurin-CrzA pathway by combining the analysis of phenotype, transcriptome, and endogenous protein–protein interactions	4
GlcA-mediated glycerol-3-phosphate synthesis contributes to the oxidation resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus via decreasing the cellular ROS	4
A reassessment of flocculosin-mediated biocontrol activity of Pseudozyma flocculosa through CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing	4
Discerning the global phylogeographic distribution of Phyllosticta citricarpa by means of whole genome sequencing	4
Identification of microRNA-like RNAs in Cordyceps guangdongensis and their expression profile under differential developmental stages	4
The evolution and ecology of psilocybin in nature	4
Pex7 selectively imports PTS2 target proteins to peroxisomes and is required for anthracnose disease development in Colletotrichum scovillei	4
Mutation of glucan synthase catalytic subunit in Beauveria bassiana affects fungal growth and virulence	4
Diversity of the manganese lipoxygenase gene family – A mini-review	4
Biochemical characterization of the dicing activity of Dicer-like 2 in the model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa	4
Draft genome of the glucose tolerant β-glucosidase producing rare Aspergillus unguis reveals complete cellulolytic machinery with multiple beta-glucosidase genes	4
A small cysteine-rich fungal effector, BsCE66 is essential for the virulence of Bipolaris sorokiniana on wheat plants	4
Septum-associated microtubule organizing centers within conidia support infectious development by the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	4
Extracellular targeting of Neurospora crassa cell wall and secreted glycoproteins by DFG-5	4
Expression of citrinin biosynthesis gene in Liupao tea and effect of Penicillium citrinum on tea quality	4
Convergent reductive evolution and host adaptation in Mycoavidus bacterial endosymbionts of Mortierellaceae fungi	4
The transcriptional activator ClrB is crucial for the degradation of soybean hulls and guar gum in Aspergillus niger	4
Function of the phosphatidylinositol synthase Pis1 in maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum function and pathogenicity in Candida albicans	3
Improved gene-targeting efficiency upon starvation in Saccharomycopsis	3
First report on the regulation and function of carbon metabolism during large sclerotia formation in medicinal fungus Wolfiporia cocos	3
The C2H2-type zinc-finger regulator AoKap5 is required for the growth and kojic acid synthesis in Aspergillus oryzae	3
Pathogenicity chromosome of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae	3
CaBir1 functions as an inhibitor-of-apoptosis and affects caspase-like activitiy in Candida albicans	3
BcHnm1, a predicted choline transporter, modulates conidial germination and virulence in Botrytis cinerea	3
Deep amplicon sequencing reveals extensive allelic diversity in the erg11/CYP51 promoter and allows multi-population DMI fungicide resistance monitoring in the canola pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans	3
Role of the anillin-like protein in growth of Cryptococcus neoformans at human host temperature	3
Multi-locus sequencing typing reveals geographically related intraspecies variability of Sporothrix brasiliensis	3
Critical role of Wat1/Pop3 in regulating the TORC1 signalling pathway in fission yeast S. pombe	3
Nanosized extracellular vesicles released by Neurospora crassa hyphae	3
QTL mapping in Fusarium graminearum identified an allele of FgVe1 involved in reduced aggressiveness	3
In vitro and in vivo characterization of genes involved in mannan degradation in Neurospora crassa	3
Biomechanical responses of encysted zoospores of the oomycete Achlya bisexualis to hyperosmotic stress are consistent with an ability to turgor regulate	3
Himalayan mountains imposing a barrier on gene flow of wheat yellow rust pathogen in the bordering regions of Pakistan and China	3
Chromosomal polymorphism of the Ceratocystis fimbriata species complex in Brazil	3
Tandem repeats in precursor protein stabilize transcript levels and production levels of the fungal ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide ustiloxin B	3
Detection and quantification of the histone code in the fungal genus Aspergillus	3
Aerial warfare: An inducible production of volatile bioactive metabolites in a novel species of Scytinostroma sp.	3
Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators in filamentous fungi	3
Identification of a key protein set involved in Moniliophthora perniciosa necrotrophic mycelium and basidiocarp development	3
DhFIG_2, a gene of nematode-trapping fungus Dactylellina haptotyla that encodes a component of the low-affinity calcium uptake system, is required for conidiation and knob-trap formation	3
Characterization of a silent azaphilone biosynthesis gene cluster in Aspergillus terreus NIH 2624	3
Quantitative single molecule RNA-FISH and RNase-free cell wall digestion in Neurospora crassa	3