OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Fungal Genetics and Biology is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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The sensor protein VdSLN1 is involved in regulating melanin biosynthesis and pathogenicity via MAPK pathway in Verticillium dahliae	48
Zymocin-like killer toxin gene clusters in the nuclear genomes of filamentous fungi	28
The cytoplasmic microtubule array in Neurospora crassa depends on microtubule-organizing centers at spindle pole bodies and microtubule +end-depending pseudo-MTOCs at septa	26
Identification of two genes essential for basidiospore formation during the postmeiotic stages in Pleurotus ostreatus	22
Two typical acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) are required for the asexual development and virulence of Phytophthora sojae	21
Visualising long distance sugar transport in fungi using infrared fluorescence scanning imaging	18
Analysis of gene expression related to polyamine concentration and dimorphism induced in ornithine decarboxylase (odc) and spermidine synthase (spd) Ustilago maydis mutants	17
A reassessment of flocculosin-mediated biocontrol activity of Pseudozyma flocculosa through CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing	16
Fungal microtubule organizing centers are evolutionarily unstable structures	16
Drafting Penicillium oxalicum calcineurin-CrzA pathway by combining the analysis of phenotype, transcriptome, and endogenous protein–protein interactions	16
Intra-hemocoel injection of pseurotin A from Metarhizium anisopliae, induces dose-dependent reversible paralysis in the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella)	15
The pleiotropic phenotype of FlbA of Aspergillus niger is explained in part by the activity of seven of its downstream-regulated transcription factors	14
Emp47 and Vip36 are required for polarized growth and protein trafficking between ER and Golgi apparatus in opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus	14
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium rileyi against Spodoptera litura larvae: Appressorium differentiation, proliferation in hemolymph, immune interaction, and reemergence of mycelium	14
Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators in filamentous fungi	13
A metabolomic study of vegetative incompatibility in Cryphonectria parasitica	13
The H4K20 methyltransferase Kmt5 is involved in secondary metabolism and stress response in phytopathogenic Fusarium species	13
Diversity of the manganese lipoxygenase gene family – A mini-review	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	13
Genus-wide analysis of Fusarium polyketide synthases reveals broad chemical potential	13
Coregulation of gene expression by White collar 1 and phytochrome in Ustilago maydis	12
GlcA-mediated glycerol-3-phosphate synthesis contributes to the oxidation resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus via decreasing the cellular ROS	12
Multi-locus sequence typing and phylogenetics of Cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrids	12
Optimized fluorescent proteins for 4-color and photoconvertible live-cell imaging in Neurospora crassa	11

Enzymatic characterization of agmatinase (AGM-1) from the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa	11
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Genomic regions associated with virulence in Setosphaeria turcica identified by linkage mapping in a biparental population	11
QTL mapping in Fusarium graminearum identified an allele of FgVe1 involved in reduced aggressiveness	10
Botrytis cinerea detoxifies the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin rishitin through multiple metabolizing pathways	10
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The transcriptional activator ClrB is crucial for the degradation of soybean hulls and guar gum in Aspergillus niger	10
Nanosized extracellular vesicles released by Neurospora crassa hyphae	9
Molecular mechanism of fluconazole resistance and pathogenicity attributes of Lebanese Candida albicans hospital isolates	9
Characterization of the Trr/Trx system in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata	9
Distinctive carbon repression effects in the carbohydrate-selective wood decay fungus Rhodonia placenta	9
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors	9
CsAtf1, a bZIP transcription factor, is involved in fludioxonil sensitivity and virulence in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum siamense	9
The C2H2-type zinc-finger regulator AoKap5 is required for the growth and kojic acid synthesis in Aspergillus oryzae	9
Regulation of conidiation, polarity growth, and pathogenicity by MrSte12 transcription factor in entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium rileyi	9
Analysis of genomic characteristics and their influence on metabolism in Aspergillus luchuensis albino mutants using genome sequencing	9
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing reveals that the Pgs gene of Fusarium circinatum is involved in pathogenicity, growth and sporulation	8
Polyketides produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae induce Candida albicans growth	8
First report on the regulation and function of carbon metabolism during large sclerotia formation in medicinal fungus Wolfiporia cocos	8
Snf1p/Hxk2p/Mig1p pathway regulates hexose transporters transcript levels, affecting the exponential growth and mitochondrial respiration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	8
A GATA-type transcription factor SreA affects manganese susceptibility by regulating the expression of iron uptake-related genes	8
Functional analysis of basidiomycete specific chitin synthase genes in the agaricomycete fungus Pleurotus ostreatus	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
Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum	8
Comparative transcriptome analysis of abnormal cap and healthy fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes	8
The establishment of multiple knockout mutants of Colletotrichum orbiculare by CRISPR-Cas9 and Cre-loxP systems	8
AwSclB regulates a network for Aspergillus westerdijkiae asexual sporulation and secondary metabolism independent of the fungal light control	8
SsCat2 encodes a catalase that is critical for the antioxidant response, QoI fungicide sensitivity, and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	8
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The conservation of IAP-like proteins in fungi, and their potential role in fungal programmed cell death	7
The genus Acrophialophora: History, phylogeny, morphology, beneficial effects and pathogenicity	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
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Mechanical interaction between hyphae during three-dimensional growth	6
Expression of endogenous UDP-glucosyltransferase in endophyte Phomopsis liquidambaris reduces deoxynivalenol contamination in wheat	6
bHLH transcription factor EcdR controls conidia production, pigmentation and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus	6
Love in the time of climate change: A review of sexual reproduction in the order Onygenales	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
The serine-threonine protein kinase Snf1 orchestrates the expression of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and is required for full virulence of the maize pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola	6
An Indian lineage of Histoplasma with strong signatures of differentiation and selection	6
Microevolution of Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata) during an infection	6
Functional roles of all five putative hydrophobin genes in growth, development, and secondary metabolism in Fusarium graminearum	6
Comparative transcriptomics reveal different mechanisms for hyphal growth across four plant-associated dimorphic fungi	6
Epiphytic proliferation of Zymoseptoria tritici isolates on resistant wheat leaves	6
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and chromosomal copy number variation may impact the Sporothrix brasiliensis antifungal susceptibility and sporotrichosis clinical outcomes	5
Biological characterization of the melanin biosynthesis gene Bcscd1 in the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea	5
Visualizing three-dimensional fungal growth using light sheet fluorescence microscopy	5
Utilization of plant-derived sugars and lipids are coupled during colonization of rhizoplane and rhizosphere by the fungus Metarhizium robertsii	5
Convergent reductive evolution and host adaptation in Mycoavidus bacterial endosymbionts of Mortierellaceae fungi	5

Population structure of Pyricularia oryzae on rice in Vietnam reveals diversified populations with four pandemic and two endemic clusters	5
Aerial warfare: An inducible production of volatile bioactive metabolites in a novel species of Scytinostroma sp.	5
New saga in Finland: The rise of Diplodia sapinea in Scots pine	5
Redox perturbations in yeast cells lacking glutathione reductase	5
New simple sequence repeat markers reveal undetected diversity in Spanish and Californian Diplodia sapinea populations	5
Transcription factor lineages in plant-pathogenic fungi, connecting diversity with fungal virulence	5
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Role of Pmk1, Mpk1, or Hog1 in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway of Aspergillus cristatus	5
Detailed analysis of the D-galactose catabolic pathways in Aspergillus niger reveals complexity at both metabolic and regulatory level	4
ThhspA1 is involved in lacA transcriptional regulation of Trametes hirsuta AH28-2 exposed to o-toluidine	4
Proteomic dissection of the role of GliZ in gliotoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus	4
Identification of the polyketide synthase gene responsible for the synthesis of tanzawaic acids in Penicillium steckii IBWF104-06	4
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Genome sequencing progenies of magic mushrooms (Psilocybe subaeruginosa) identifies tetrapolar mating and gene duplications in the psilocybin pathway	4
Autophagy-related protein UvAtg7 contributes to mycelial growth, virulence, asexual reproduction and cell stress response in rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	4
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Update on the state of research to manage Fusarium head blight	4
Exploring endophytic fungi from Cynodon dactylon: GC–MS profiling and biological activity	4
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Candida albicans MTLa2 regulates the mating response through both the a-factor and α-factor sensing pathways	4
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Differential impacts of furfural and acetic acid on the bioenergetics and fermentation performance of Scheffersomyces stipitis	4
The interactome of the UapA transporter reveals putative new players in anterograde membrane cargo trafficking	4
The histone demethylase KdmB is part of a trimeric protein complex and mediates virulence and mycotoxin production in Penicillium expansum	4
Genome-wide survey and evolutionary history of the pectin methylesterase (PME) gene family in the Dothideomycetes class of fungi	4
Mutation of glucan synthase catalytic subunit in Beauveria bassiana affects fungal growth and virulence	4
Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa	3
Efficient genome editing using endogenous U6 snRNA promoter-driven CRISPR/Cas9 sgRNA in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	3
Detection and quantification of the histone code in the fungal genus Aspergillus	3
Whole genome resequencing reveal patterns of genetic variation within Colletotrichum acutatum species complex from rubber trees in China	3
Live-cell imaging of rapid calcium dynamics using fluorescent, genetically-encoded GCaMP probes with Aspergillus fumigatus	3
Multi-locus sequencing typing reveals geographically related intraspecies variability of Sporothrix brasiliensis	3
The RasGEF MoCdc25 regulates vegetative growth, conidiation and appressorium-mediated infection in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	3
Critical role of Wat1/Pop3 in regulating the TORC1 signalling pathway in fission yeast S. pombe	3
Decrypting biocontrol functions and application modes by genomes data of three Trichoderma Strains/Species	3
Improved gene-targeting efficiency upon starvation in Saccharomycopsis	3
Investigation of citrinin and monacolin K gene clusters variation among pigment producer Monascus species	3
Marker-free CRISPR-Cas9 based genetic engineering of the phytopathogenic fungus, Penicillium expansum	3
Sequence capture identifies fastidious chytrid fungi directly from host tissue	3
Overexpression of chitinase in the endophyte Phomopsis liquidambaris enhances wheat resistance to Fusarium graminearum	3
Candida glabrata Hst1-Rfm1-Sum1 complex evolved to control virulence-related genes	3
Annotation survey and life cycle transcriptomics of transcription factors in rust fungi (Pucciniales) identify a possible role for cold shock proteins in dormancy exit	3
SsATG8 and SsNBR1 mediated-autophagy is required for fungal development, proteasomal stress response and virulence in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	3
Expression of citrinin biosynthesis gene in Liupao tea and effect of Penicillium citrinum on tea quality	3
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	3
FungANI, a BLAST-based program for analyzing average nucleotide identity (ANI) between two fungal genomes, enables easy fungal species delimitation	2
Construction of RNA silencing system of Penicillium brevicompactum and genetic manipulation of the regulator pbpcz in mycophenolic acid production	2
Characterization of linoleate dioxygenases in basidiomycetes and the functional role of CcLdo1 in regulating fruiting body development in Coprinopsis cinerea	2
Genetic structure of Fusarium verticillioides populations from maize in Iran	2
Bioprospecting of the probiotic potential of yeasts isolated from a wine environment	2
Characterization of the asexual developmental genes brlA and wetA in Monascus ruber M7	2
Sequencing of non-virulent strains of Fusarium fujikuroi reveals genes putatively involved in bakanae disease of rice	2
Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: Potential consequences for virulence gene transmission	2
Functional analyses of Pleurotus ostreatus pcc1 and clp1 using CRISPR/Cas9	2
Intracellular sequestration of cadmium and zinc in ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (Agaricales, Amanitaceae) and characterization of its metallothionein gene	2
The evolution and ecology of psilocybin in nature	2
Comparative proteomic analysis of two divergent strains provides insights into thermotolerance mechanisms of Ganoderma lingzhi	2
Localisation of phosphoinositides in the grass endophyte Epichloë festucae and genetic and functional analysis of key components of their biosynthetic pathway in E. festucae symbiosis and Fusarium oxy	2
Multiple roles of ABC transporters in yeast	2
Extracellular targeting of Neurospora crassa cell wall and secreted glycoproteins by DFG-5	2
Fatty acid dioxygenase-cytochrome P450 fusion enzymes of filamentous fungal pathogens	2
Investigating the cell and developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	2
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