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Yu-Byeong Jang

Yonsei UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5100-7654Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:fungi (other)· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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Yong‐Sun BahniD· 4 shared Eui-Seong KimiD· 3 shared Kyung-Tae ‍LeeiD· 3 shared Seong-Ryong YuiD· 3 shared Jong-Seung LeeiD· 2 shared Chaewon KimiD· 1 shared Dohee KimiD· 1 shared Doyeon WoniD· 1 shared

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Systematic Profiling of Essential Fungal Transcriptional Regulators Uncovers Ezt1 as a Central Pathobiological and Morphogenic Regulator in Cryptococcus neoformans

Seung‐Heon Lee, Sheng Sun, Yu-Byeong Jang, Seong-Ryong Yu, Yeseul Choi, Eui-Seong Kim, Jong-Seung Lee, Leah E. Cowen, Joseph Heitman, Kyung-Tae ‍Lee, Yong‐Sun Bahn

The paper identifies essential transcriptional regulators in Cryptococcus neoformans, highlighting Ezt1 as a key regulator of growth, drug response, and virulence.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Systematic histone mutagenesis reveals nucleosome-dependent maintenance of three-dimensional chromosome architecture and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Sunhak Kwon, Tu Minh Khuong, Yu-Byeong Jang, Seong-Ryong Yu, Eui-Seong Kim, Sangyong Lim, Jong‐Hyun Jung, Kyung-Tae Lee, Yong‐Sun Bahn, Kwang‐Woo Jung

This study systematically mutagenizes histones in Cryptococcus neoformans to show their role in maintaining 3D chromosome architecture and virulence.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Deciphering subcellular localization-dependent functions of Hog1 MAPK in Cryptococcus neoformans

Yu-Byeong Jang, Yong‐Sun Bahn

This study shows that Hog1 MAPK localization in Cryptococcus neoformans determines stress adaptation, antifungal resistance, and virulence by affecting glycerol homeostasis and sexual differentiation.

Genetics · May 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Systematic profiling of WD40 proteins reveals Wcp1, a cyclophilin linking CO2/heat tolerance to acidic pH adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans

Jin-Tae Choi, Seong-Ryong Yu, Jeeseok Oh, Yu-Byeong Jang, Yujin Lee, Hyunjin Cha, Doyeon Won, Dohee Kim, Sungmin Yu, Soojin Yu, Eui-Seong Kim, Seun Kang, Chaewon Kim, Kyung-Ah Lee, Jong-Seung Lee, , Yong‐Sun Bahn

The paper identifies Wcp1, a WD40 protein with cyclophilin domains, as essential for CO2/heat tolerance and acidic pH adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans, linking these functions to virulence.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology