2007

Kidd SE, Bach PJ, Hingston AO, Mak S, Chow Y, MacDougall L, Kronstad JW, Bartlett KH.
Cryptococcus gattii dispersal mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jan;13(1):51-7.
PMID: 17370515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

MacDougall L, Kidd SE, Galanis E, Mak S, Leslie MJ, Cieslak PR, Kronstad JW, Morshed MG, Bartlett KH.
Spread of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and detection in the Pacific Northwest, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jan;13(1):42-50.
PMID: 17370514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hu G, Steen BR, Lian T, Sham AP, Tam N, Tangen KL, Kronstad JW.
Transcriptional regulation by protein kinase A in Cryptococcus neoformans.
PLoS Pathog. 2007 Mar;3(3):e42.
PMID: 17367210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nazi I, Scott A, Sham A, Rossi L, Williamson PR, Kronstad JW, Wright GD.
Role of homoserine transacetylase as a new target for antifungal agents.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 May;51(5):1731-6. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

Kidd SE, Chow Y, Mak S, Bach PJ, Chen H, Hingston AO, Kronstad JW, Bartlett KH.
Characterization of environmental sources of the human and animal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Mar;73(5):1433-43. Epub 2006 Dec 28.
PMID: 17194837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Tangen KL, Jung WH, Sham AP, Lian T, Kronstad JW.
The iron- and cAMP-regulated gene SIT1 influences ferrioxamine B utilization, melanization and cell wall structure in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Microbiology. 2007 Jan;153(Pt 1):29-41.
PMID: 17185532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2006

Jung WH, Sham A, White R, Kronstad JW.
Iron regulation of the major virulence factors in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
PLoS Biol. 2006 Nov;4(12):e410.
PMID: 17121456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kamper J, Kahmann R, Bolker M, Ma LJ, Brefort T, Saville BJ, Banuett F, Kronstad JW, Gold SE, Muller O, Perlin MH, Wosten HA, de Vries R, Ruiz-Herrera J, Reynaga-Pena CG, Snetselaar K, McCann M, Perez-Martin J, Feldbrugge M, Basse CW, Steinberg G, Ibeas JI, Holloman W, Guzman P, Farman M, Stajich JE, Sentandreu R, Gonzalez-Prieto JM, Kennell JC, Molina L, Schirawski J, Mendoza-Mendoza A, Greilinger D, Munch K, Rossel N, Scherer M, Vranes M, Ladendorf O, Vincon V, Fuchs U, Sandrock B, Meng S, Ho EC, Cahill MJ, Boyce KJ, Klose J, Klosterman SJ, Deelstra HJ, Ortiz-Castellanos L, Li W, Sanchez-Alonso P, Schreier PH, Hauser-Hahn I, Vaupel M, Koopmann E, Friedrich G, Voss H, Schluter T, Margolis J, Platt D, Swimmer C, Gnirke A, Chen F, Vysotskaia V, Mannhaupt G, Guldener U, Munsterkotter M, Haase D, Oesterheld M, Mewes HW, Mauceli EW, DeCaprio D, Wade CM, Butler J, Young S, Jaffe DB, Calvo S, Nusbaum C, Galagan J, Birren BW.
Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis.
Nature. 2006 Nov 2;444(7115):97-101.
PMID: 17080091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Klose J, Kronstad JW.
The multifunctional beta-oxidation enzyme is required for full symptom development by the biotrophic maize pathogen Ustilago maydis.
Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Dec;5(12):2047-61. Epub 2006 Sep 22.
PMID: 16998075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kronstad JW.
Serial analysis of gene expression in eukaryotic pathogens.
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2006 Sep;6(3):281-97. Review.
PMID: 16918487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Boyce KJ, Kretschmer M, Kronstad JW.
The vtc4 gene influences polyphosphate storage, morphogenesis, and virulence in the maize pathogen Ustilago maydis.
Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Aug;5(8):1399-409.
PMID: 16896223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bakkeren G, Jiang G, Warren RL, Butterfield Y, Shin H, Chiu R, Linning R, Schein J, Lee N, Hu G, Kupfer DM, Tang Y, Roe BA, Jones S, Marra M, Kronstad JW.
Mating factor linkage and genome evolution in basidiomycetous pathogens of cereals.
Fungal Genet Biol. 2006 Sep;43(9):655-66. Epub 2006 Jun 21.
PMID: 16793293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Warren RL, Varabei D, Platt D, Huang X, Messina D, Yang SP, Kronstad JW, Krzywinski M, Warren WC, Wallis JW, Hillier LW, Chinwalla AT, Schein JE, Siddiqui AS, Marra MA, Wilson RK, Jones SJ.
Physical map-assisted whole-genome shotgun sequence assemblies.
Genome Res. 2006 Jun;16(6):768-75.
PMID: 16741162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hu G, Kronstad JW.
Gene disruption in Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii by in vitro transposition.
Curr Genet. 2006 May;49(5):341-50. Epub 2006 Jan 6.
PMID: 16397763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2005

Boyce KJ, Chang H, D'Souza CA, Kronstad JW.
An Ustilago maydis septin is required for filamentous growth in culture and for full symptom development on maize.
Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Dec;4(12):2044-56.
PMID: 16339722 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Larraya LM, Boyce KJ, So A, Steen BR, Jones S, Marra M, Kronstad JW.
Serial analysis of gene expression reveals conserved links between protein kinase A, ribosome biogenesis, and phosphate metabolism in Ustilago maydis.
Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Dec;4(12):2029-43.
PMID: 16339721 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kidd SE, Guo H, Bartlett KH, Xu J, Kronstad JW.
Comparative gene genealogies indicate that two clonal lineages of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia resemble strains from other geographical areas.
Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Oct;4(10):1629-38.
PMID: 16215170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lian TS, Simmer MI, D'Souza CA, Steen BR, Zuyderduyn SD, Jones SJM, Marra MA and Kronstad JW. 2005.
Iron-regulated transcription and capsule formation in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
Mol Microbiol. 55(5):1452-72.
PMID: 15720553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Loftus BJ, Fung E, Roncaglia P, Rowley D, Amedeo P, Bruno D, Vamathevan J, Miranda M, Anderson IJ, Fraser JA, Allen JE, Bosdet IE, Brent MR, Chiu R, Doering TL, Donlin MJ, D'Souza CA, Fox DS, Grinberg V, Fu J, Fukushima M, Haas BJ, Huang JC, Janbon G, Jones SJM, Koo HL, Krzywinski MI, Kwon-Chung JK, Lengeler KB, Maiti R, Marra MA, Marra RE, Mathewson CA, Mitchell TG, Pertea M, Riggs FR, Salzberg SL, Schein JE, Shvartsbeyn A, Shin H, Shumway M, Specht CA , Suh BB, Tenney A, Utterback TR, Wickes BL , Wortman JR, Wye NH, Kronstad JW, Lodge JK, Heitman J, Davis RW, Fraser CM, and Hyman RW. 2005.
The genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans, a basidiomycetous fungal pathogen of humans.
Science. 307(5713):1321-4.
PMID: 15653466 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2004

Klose J, Moniz de Sá Mand Kronstad J.
Lipid-induced filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis.
Mol. Micro. 2004 in press
PMID: 15101987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Linning R, Lin D, Lee N, Abdennadher M, Gaudet D, Thomas P, Mills D, Kronstad JW, and Bakkeren G.
Marker-Based Cloning of the Region Containing the UhAvr1 Avirulence Gene From the Basidiomycete Barley Pathogen Ustilago hordei.
Genetics 2004 166: 99-111
PMID: 15020410 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Steen BR, Zuyderduyn S, Toffaletti DL, Marra M, Jones SJ, Perfect JR, Kronstad J.
Cryptococcus neoformans gene expression during experimental cryptococcal meningitis.
Eukaryot Cell. 2003 Dec;2(6):1336-49.
PMID: 14665467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2003

Kronstad JW.
Castles and cuitlacoche: the first international Ustilago conference.
Fungal Genet Biol. 2003 Apr;38(3):265-71. Review.
PMID: 12684016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lee N, D'Souza CA, Kronstad JW.
Of smuts, blasts, mildews, and blights: cAMP signaling in phytopathogenic fungi.
Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2003;41:399-427. Epub 2003 Mar 10. Review.
PMID: 12651963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2002

Lee N, Kronstad JW.
ras2 Controls morphogenesis, pheromone response, and pathogenicity in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis.
Eukaryot Cell. 2002 Dec;1(6):954-66.
PMID: 12477796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Alspaugh JA, Pukkila-Worley R, Harashima T, Cavallo LM, Funnell D, Cox GM, Perfect JR, Kronstad JW, Heitman J.
Adenylyl cyclase functions downstream of the Galpha protein Gpa1 and controls mating and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Eukaryot Cell. 2002 Feb;1(1):75-84.
PMID: 12455973 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abramovitch RB, Yang G, Kronstad JW.
The ukb1 gene encodes a putative protein kinase required for bud site selection and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis.
Fungal Genet Biol. 2002 Oct;37(1):98-108.
PMID: 12223194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Schein JE, Tangen KL, Chiu R, Shin H, Lengeler KB, MacDonald WK, Bosdet I, Heitman J, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Kronstad JW.
Physical maps for genome analysis of serotype A and D strains of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
Genome Res. 2002 Sep;12(9):1445-53.
PMID: 12213782 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Steen BR, Lian T, Zuyderduyn S, MacDonald WK, Marra M, Jones SJ, Kronstad JW.
Temperature-regulated transcription in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
Genome Res. 2002 Sep;12(9):1386-400.
PMID: 12213776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]