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J. Heitman

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Open access Sep 2026

An ancestral mitochondrial DNA insertion disrupts RNAi and enables persistence of a novel mycovirus in Cryptococcus neoformans

RNA interference (RNAi) is a widely conserved genome-defense mechanism that protects eukaryotes against viruses and transposable elements. We previously showed that RNAi loss can lead to hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, illuminating the potential clinica...

Jun Huang, Connor J. Larmore, Timothy C. Davenport et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Mycodnaviridae is a clade of giant viruses that persistently infect zoosporic fungi

Giant viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota have emerged as particularly notable due to their increasingly recognized impacts on eukaryotic genome evolution. Their origins are hypothesized to predate or coincide with the diversification of eukaryotes, and they have been detected in hosts that span the eukaryotic tre...

J. Myers, Frederik Schulz, Saleh Rahimlou et al. · 1 citation
Open access Aug 2026

Distinct STRIPAK subunits drive conserved and subunit-specific signaling programs in Cryptococcus neoformans

Together, these findings establish STRIPAK as a coordinator of genome stability, morphological plasticity, stress adaptation, and virulence in C. neoformans, and demonstrate that individual STRIPAK subunits drive shared yet divergent signaling outputs that shape host-pathogen interactions.

Patricia P. Peterson, Sarah Croog, Yeseul Choi et al. · 0 citations
Open access Jul 2026

Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase promotes thermotolerance by governing glycolytic flux in Cryptococcus deneoformans

This study uncovers a previously unappreciated mechanism of Tps1-mediated heat adaptation in C. deneoformans, by revealing that Tps1 functions as a critical metabolic gatekeeper that safeguards glycolytic flux to sustain growth at elevated temperatures.

V. Yadav, Kahlia A. Carl, J. Heitman et al. · 0 citations

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