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Duke Medical Center
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Shelby J. Priest, Marco A. Coelho, Verónica Mixão…·Joseph Heitman
The paper investigates whether loss of the mismatch repair protein Msh2 relaxes species boundaries between Cryptococcus neoformans and C. deneoformans, finding increased hybrid viability and aneuploidy but no increased recombination.
Giuseppe Ianiri, Yufeng “Francis” Fang, Tim A. Dahlmann…·Joseph Heitman
This study identifies essential mating-type specific ribosomal proteins in Cryptococcus neoformans that regulate sexual reproduction and viability through differential expression and RNAi mechanisms.
R. Blake Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Joseph Heitman
The paper identifies a hypermutator lineage in Cryptococcus deuterogattii caused by an MSH2 mutation, leading to increased mutation rates and drug resistance.