OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fungal Genetics and Biology is 6. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	60
The cytoplasmic microtubule array in Neurospora crassa depends on microtubule-organizing centers at spindle pole bodies and microtubule +end-depending pseudo-MTOCs at septa	45
Editorial Board	27
Optimized fluorescent proteins for 4-color and photoconvertible live-cell imaging in Neurospora crassa	24
Editorial Board	20
Enzymatic characterization of agmatinase (AGM-1) from the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa	20
Editorial Board	17
Snf1p/Hxk2p/Mig1p pathway regulates hexose transporters transcript levels, affecting the exponential growth and mitochondrial respiration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	16
QTL mapping in Fusarium graminearum identified an allele of FgVe1 involved in reduced aggressiveness	16
A GATA-type transcription factor SreA affects manganese susceptibility by regulating the expression of iron uptake-related genes	16
The transcriptional activator ClrB is crucial for the degradation of soybean hulls and guar gum in Aspergillus niger	15
Botrytis cinerea detoxifies the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin rishitin through multiple metabolizing pathways	14
Characterization of the Trr/Trx system in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata	13
CsAtf1, a bZIP transcription factor, is involved in fludioxonil sensitivity and virulence in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum siamense	13
The C2H2-type zinc-finger regulator AoKap5 is required for the growth and kojic acid synthesis in Aspergillus oryzae	13
Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum	13
Regulation of conidiation, polarity growth, and pathogenicity by MrSte12 transcription factor in entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium rileyi	13
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors	13
Molecular mechanism of fluconazole resistance and pathogenicity attributes of Lebanese Candida albicans hospital isolates	13
Analysis of genomic characteristics and their influence on metabolism in Aspergillus luchuensis albino mutants using genome sequencing	13
Glucose-induced endocytic degradation of the maltose transporter MalP is mediated through ubiquitination by the HECT-ubiquitin ligase HulA and its adaptor CreD in Aspergillus oryzae	12
Identification of two genes essential for basidiospore formation during the postmeiotic stages in Pleurotus ostreatus	12
Genus-wide analysis of Fusarium polyketide synthases reveals broad chemical potential	11
The pleiotropic phenotype of FlbA of Aspergillus niger is explained in part by the activity of seven of its downstream-regulated transcription factors	11
A metabolomic study of vegetative incompatibility in Cryphonectria parasitica	11

Comparative transcriptome analysis of abnormal cap and healthy fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes	11
Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators in filamentous fungi	11
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium rileyi against Spodoptera litura larvae: Appressorium differentiation, proliferation in hemolymph, immune interaction, and reemergence of mycelium	10
Diversity of the manganese lipoxygenase gene family – A mini-review	10
Emp47 and Vip36 are required for polarized growth and protein trafficking between ER and Golgi apparatus in opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus	10
The H4K20 methyltransferase Kmt5 is involved in secondary metabolism and stress response in phytopathogenic Fusarium species	10
Polyketides produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae induce Candida albicans growth	10
Multi-locus sequence typing and phylogenetics of Cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrids	10
Genomic regions associated with virulence in Setosphaeria turcica identified by linkage mapping in a biparental population	9
SsCat2 encodes a catalase that is critical for the antioxidant response, QoI fungicide sensitivity, and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	9
Drafting Penicillium oxalicum calcineurin-CrzA pathway by combining the analysis of phenotype, transcriptome, and endogenous protein–protein interactions	9
Coregulation of gene expression by White collar 1 and phytochrome in Ustilago maydis	9
A reassessment of flocculosin-mediated biocontrol activity of Pseudozyma flocculosa through CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing	9
GlcA-mediated glycerol-3-phosphate synthesis contributes to the oxidation resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus via decreasing the cellular ROS	9
Fungal microtubule organizing centers are evolutionarily unstable structures	8
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing reveals that the Pgs gene of Fusarium circinatum is involved in pathogenicity, growth and sporulation	8
Redox perturbations in yeast cells lacking glutathione reductase	8
Visualising long distance sugar transport in fungi using infrared fluorescence scanning imaging	8
Analysis of gene expression related to polyamine concentration and dimorphism induced in ornithine decarboxylase (odc) and spermidine synthase (spd) Ustilago maydis mutants	8
Two typical acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) are required for the asexual development and virulence of Phytophthora sojae	8
The sensor protein VdSLN1 is involved in regulating melanin biosynthesis and pathogenicity via MAPK pathway in Verticillium dahliae	8
Polymorphisms at amino acid positions 85 and 86 in succinate dehydrogenase subunit C of Colletotrichum siamense: Implications for fitness and intrinsic sensitivity to SDHI fungicides	8
Intra-hemocoel injection of pseurotin A from Metarhizium anisopliae, induces dose-dependent reversible paralysis in the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella)	8
Functional analysis of basidiomycete specific chitin synthase genes in the agaricomycete fungus Pleurotus ostreatus	8
The establishment of multiple knockout mutants of Colletotrichum orbiculare by CRISPR-Cas9 and Cre-loxP systems	8
Zymocin-like killer toxin gene clusters in the nuclear genomes of filamentous fungi	8
Nanosized extracellular vesicles released by Neurospora crassa hyphae	8
Distinctive carbon repression effects in the carbohydrate-selective wood decay fungus Rhodonia placenta	8
Editorial Board	7
AwSclB regulates a network for Aspergillus westerdijkiae asexual sporulation and secondary metabolism independent of the fungal light control	7
The conservation of IAP-like proteins in fungi, and their potential role in fungal programmed cell death	7
Editorial Board	7
A gene cluster with positive and negative elements controls bistability and hysteresis of the crippled versus normal growth in the fungus Podospora anserina	7
The genus Acrophialophora: History, phylogeny, morphology, beneficial effects and pathogenicity	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
Love in the time of climate change: A review of sexual reproduction in the order Onygenales	6
First report on the regulation and function of carbon metabolism during large sclerotia formation in medicinal fungus Wolfiporia cocos	6
Microevolution of Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata) during an infection	6
Editorial Board	6
Mechanical interaction between hyphae during three-dimensional growth	6