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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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Heterotrimeric G-gamma 1 (Gpg1) participates with G-beta 1 (Gpb1) in the induction of hyphal growth and virulence via the PKA pathway in Mucor lusitanicus	48
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	25
Drafting Penicillium oxalicum calcineurin-CrzA pathway by combining the analysis of phenotype, transcriptome, and endogenous protein–protein interactions	21
Distribution and dynamics of hyphal organelles	21
Analysis of gene expression related to polyamine concentration and dimorphism induced in ornithine decarboxylase (odc) and spermidine synthase (spd) Ustilago maydis mutants	21
Editorial Board	19
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	17
Acetolactate synthases regulatory subunit and catalytic subunit genes VdILVs are involved in BCAA biosynthesis, microscletotial and conidial formation and virulence in Verticillium dahliae	17
Transcription factor lineages in plant-pathogenic fungi, connecting diversity with fungal virulence	16
FungANI, a BLAST-based program for analyzing average nucleotide identity (ANI) between two fungal genomes, enables easy fungal species delimitation	16
Role of Pmk1, Mpk1, or Hog1 in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway of Aspergillus cristatus	16
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	16
Bioprospecting of the probiotic potential of yeasts isolated from a wine environment	15
Identification of the polyketide synthase gene responsible for the synthesis of tanzawaic acids in Penicillium steckii IBWF104-06	15
Comparative proteomic analysis of two divergent strains provides insights into thermotolerance mechanisms of Ganoderma lingzhi	15
Detection and quantification of the histone code in the fungal genus Aspergillus	14
Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from diverse wildfowl exhibit distinct antifungal susceptibility profiles driven by genetic and non-genetic determinants	13
Transcription factors Fst8, Ftr3 and Gat1 are regulators of the immune system of the mushroom Schizophyllum commune	13
Alternaria alstroemeriae F1 inhibits aspergillus flavus growth and weakens aflatoxins biosynthesis	13
A microscopy-based image analysis pipeline for the quantification of germination of filamentous fungi	12
Role of the anillin-like protein in growth of Cryptococcus neoformans at human host temperature	12
Predicting functions of putative fungal sesquiterpene synthase genes based on multiomics data analysis	12
Fatty acid dioxygenase-cytochrome P450 fusion enzymes of filamentous fungal pathogens	12
The conidial coin toss: A polarized conidial adhesive in Colletotrichum graminicola	12
Identification and characterisation of sPEPs in Cryptococcus neoformans	12

Identification of a polyketide biosynthesis gene cluster by transcriptional regulator activation in Aspergillus terreus	12
Comparative transcriptomics of growth metabolism and virulence reveal distinct morphogenic profiles of yeast-like cells and hyphae of the fungus Metarhizium rileyi	11
Editorial Board	11
Discerning the global phylogeographic distribution of Phyllosticta citricarpa by means of whole genome sequencing	11
Full-length Chd1 of Coprinopsis cinerea is expressed after the dark period required for fruiting body maturation and impacts meiotic progression	11
Functional genome annotation and transcriptome analysis of Pseudozyma hubeiensis BOT-O, an oleaginous yeast that utilizes glucose and xylose at equal rates	10
Functional analysis of basidiomycete specific chitin synthase genes in the agaricomycete fungus Pleurotus ostreatus	10
BcHnm1, a predicted choline transporter, modulates conidial germination and virulence in Botrytis cinerea	10
Candida albicans strains adapted to the mouse gut are resistant to bile salts via a Flo8-dependent mechanism	10
Editorial Board	10
A transcription factor and a phosphatase regulate temperature-dependent morphogenesis in the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici	10
Fungal microtubule organizing centers are evolutionarily unstable structures	10
Comparative transcriptome analysis of abnormal cap and healthy fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes	9
Genomic regions associated with virulence in Setosphaeria turcica identified by linkage mapping in a biparental population	9
The effect of exogenous addition of metformin hydrochloride on lipid synthesis in Mucor circinelloides WJ11	9
Genus-wide analysis of Fusarium polyketide synthases reveals broad chemical potential	9
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors	9
Two typical acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) are required for the asexual development and virulence of Phytophthora sojae	9
A gene cluster with positive and negative elements controls bistability and hysteresis of the crippled versus normal growth in the fungus Podospora anserina	9
First report on the regulation and function of carbon metabolism during large sclerotia formation in medicinal fungus Wolfiporia cocos	8
Decrypting biocontrol functions and application modes by genomes data of three Trichoderma Strains/Species	8
Autophagy-related protein UvAtg7 contributes to mycelial growth, virulence, asexual reproduction and cell stress response in rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	8
Identification of putative fungal reference genes with stable expression from large RNA-seq datasets	8
AwSclB regulates a network for Aspergillus westerdijkiae asexual sporulation and secondary metabolism independent of the fungal light control	8
The interactome of the UapA transporter reveals putative new players in anterograde membrane cargo trafficking	8
Proteomic dissection of the role of GliZ in gliotoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus	8
Critical role of Wat1/Pop3 in regulating the TORC1 signalling pathway in fission yeast S. pombe	8
The Cys2-His2 zinc finger transcription factor NsdC regulates hyphal branching, conidiation and mycelial pellet morphology in Aspergillus oryzae	8
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	8
Exploring endophytic fungi from Cynodon dactylon: GC–MS profiling and biological activity	8
Analysis of the emerging physical network in young mycelia	7
CfErp3 regulates growth, conidiation, inducing ipomeamarone and the pathogenicity of Ceratocystis fimbriata	7
Extracellular targeting of Neurospora crassa cell wall and secreted glycoproteins by DFG-5	7
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	7
Update on the structure and function of Candida albicans drug efflux protein, Cdr1	7
Distinct roles for different autophagy-associated genes in the virulence of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici	6
Mechanistic investigations of hirsutene biosynthesis catalyzed by a chimeric sesquiterpene synthase from Steccherinum ochraceum	6
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	6
Methyl jasmonate differentially and tissue-specifically regulated the expression of arginine catabolism–related genes and proteins in Agaricus bisporus mushrooms during storage	6
Fungal cell death: The beginning of the end	6
Editorial Board	6
Anaerobic fungi contain abundant, diverse, and transcriptionally active Long Terminal Repeat retrotransposons	6
Functional characterization of endo-β-1,3-glucanase in Trichoderma reesei	6
Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: Potential consequences for virulence gene transmission	6
Genomic, transcriptomic, and ecological diversity of Penicillium species in cheese rind microbiomes	6
The impact of glutamine synthetase PbgsA on the growth, conidiation and mycophenolic acid production of Penicillium brevicompactum	6
Physiological function of hydrophobin Hydph16 in cell wall formation in agaricomycete Pleurotus ostreatus	6
Editorial Board	5
Quinidine drug resistance transporter knockout Candida cells modulate glucose transporter expression and accumulate metabolites leading to enhanced azole drug resistance	5
Editorial Board	5

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing reveals that the Pgs gene of Fusarium circinatum is involved in pathogenicity, growth and sporulation	5
Botrytis cinerea detoxifies the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin rishitin through multiple metabolizing pathways	5
Editorial Board	5
Identification of a key protein set involved in Moniliophthora perniciosa necrotrophic mycelium and basidiocarp development	5
Saccharomyces cerevisiae recovery from various mild abiotic stresses: Viability, fitness, and high resolution three-dimensional morphology imaging	5
Highly dynamic supernumerary mini-chromosomes in a Magnaporthe oryzae strain contributes to cellular variance of genomic content	5
Unidirectional mating-type switching is underpinned by a conserved MAT1 locus architecture	5
Conserved copper regulation of the antimicrobial isocyanide brassicicolin A in Alternaria brassicicola	5
A peroxisomal sterol carrier protein 2 (Scp2) contributes to lipid trafficking in differentiation and virulence of the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana	5
Optimizing fungal extracellular vesicle proteomic profiling through combined analysis of in-solution and in-gel digestion	5
The role of NLRP3/caspase−/GSDMD signal axis mediated cell pyroptosis in the pathogenicity of T. asahii	4
Septum-associated microtubule organizing centers within conidia support infectious development by the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	4
Tools to make Stachybotrys chartarum genetically amendable: Key to unlocking cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters	4
Candida glabrata Hst1-Rfm1-Sum1 complex evolved to control virulence-related genes	4
Tandem repeats in precursor protein stabilize transcript levels and production levels of the fungal ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide ustiloxin B	4
Analysis of the genetic diversity of the soybean rust pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi reveals two major evolutionary lineages	4
Editorial Board	4
The establishment of multiple knockout mutants of Colletotrichum orbiculare by CRISPR-Cas9 and Cre-loxP systems	4
Colony differentiation of saprobic and pathogenic fungi in relation to carbon utilization	4
Septin AoCDC11 is involved in trap morphogenesis, conidiation, and vegetative growth in carnivorous Arthrobotrys oligospora	4
Editorial Board	4
Global transcriptome changes during growth of a novel Penicillium coffeae isolate on the wheat stripe rust fungus, Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici	4
Pex7 selectively imports PTS2 target proteins to peroxisomes and is required for anthracnose disease development in Colletotrichum scovillei	4
Genome-wide survey and evolutionary history of the pectin methylesterase (PME) gene family in the Dothideomycetes class of fungi	4
Identification of a novel genetic locus conferring virulence in the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	4
Editorial Board	4
Nanosized extracellular vesicles released by Neurospora crassa hyphae	4
Detailed analysis of the D-galactose catabolic pathways in Aspergillus niger reveals complexity at both metabolic and regulatory level	4
Editorial Board	4
Nearly telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the L. edodes diploid genome	4
Coordination of two regulators SscA and VosA in Aspergillus nidulans conidia	4
Where to grow and where to go	4
Endocytosis in filamentous Fungi: Coordinating polarized hyphal growth and membrane recycling	4
Function of the phosphatidylinositol synthase Pis1 in maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum function and pathogenicity in Candida albicans	4
Multi-locus sequencing typing reveals geographically related intraspecies variability of Sporothrix brasiliensis	4
Editorial Board	4
Optimized convolutional neural networks for real-time detection and severity assessment of early blight in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)	4
The C2H2-type zinc-finger regulator AoKap5 is required for the growth and kojic acid synthesis in Aspergillus oryzae	4
Enzymatic characterization of agmatinase (AGM-1) from the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa	4
The transcriptional activator ClrB is crucial for the degradation of soybean hulls and guar gum in Aspergillus niger	4
Intracellular sequestration of cadmium and zinc in ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria (Agaricales, Amanitaceae) and characterization of its metallothionein gene	4
Diversity of the manganese lipoxygenase gene family – A mini-review	3
Identification of two genes essential for basidiospore formation during the postmeiotic stages in Pleurotus ostreatus	3
New simple sequence repeat markers reveal undetected diversity in Spanish and Californian Diplodia sapinea populations	3
Influence of H3K9 methylation on gene mutation rates in yeast: Advancing epigenetic research with controlled experimental design	3
bHLH transcription factor EcdR controls conidia production, pigmentation and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus	3
Visualising long distance sugar transport in fungi using infrared fluorescence scanning imaging	3
CsAtf1, a bZIP transcription factor, is involved in fludioxonil sensitivity and virulence in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum siamense	3
Distinctive carbon repression effects in the carbohydrate-selective wood decay fungus Rhodonia placenta	3
Multi-locus sequence typing and phylogenetics of Cryptococcus neoformans AD hybrids	3
The sugar transporter AsSTL is regulated by the kinase Hog1 and is involved in glycerol transport and the response to osmotic stress in the salt-tolerant ascomycete aspergillus sydowii H-1	3
Love in the time of climate change: A review of sexual reproduction in the order Onygenales	3
Corrigendum to “Biological characterization of the melanin biosynthesis gene Bcscd1 in the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea” [Fungal Genet. Biol. 160 (2022) 103693]	3
Zymocin-like killer toxin gene clusters in the nuclear genomes of filamentous fungi	3
Characterization of the Trr/Trx system in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata	3
Expression of endogenous UDP-glucosyltransferase in endophyte Phomopsis liquidambaris reduces deoxynivalenol contamination in wheat	3
Microevolution of Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata) during an infection	3
Redox perturbations in yeast cells lacking glutathione reductase	3
Two ferrous iron transporter-like proteins independently participate in asexual development under iron limitation and virulence in Beauveria bassiana	3