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Raymond St Leger

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Weiguo Fang; Philippe Azimzadeh; Raymond J St Leger
Strain improvement of fungal insecticides for controlling insect pests and vector-borne diseases.
Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
Enhanced UV resistance and improved killing of malaria mosquitoes by photolyase transgenic entomopathogenic fungi.
Guohua Xiao; Xue-Qin Xie; Sheng-Hua Ying; Siwei Zhang; Guo-Ping Zhao; Peng Zheng; Yanfang Shang; Raymond J St Leger; Chengshu Wang; Zheng-Liang Wang; Ming-Guang Feng
Genomic perspectives on the evolution of fungal entomopathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana.

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2012: Weiguo Fang; Philippe Azimzadeh; Raymond J St Leger
Strain improvement of fungal insecticides for controlling insect pests and vector-borne diseases.
Current opinion in microbiology 2012;15(3):232-8.
2012: Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
Enhanced UV resistance and improved killing of malaria mosquitoes by photolyase transgenic entomopathogenic fungi.
PloS one 2012;7(8):e43069.
2012: Guohua Xiao; Xue-Qin Xie; Sheng-Hua Ying; Siwei Zhang; Guo-Ping Zhao; Peng Zheng; Yanfang Shang; Raymond J St Leger; Chengshu Wang; Zheng-Liang Wang; Ming-Guang Feng
Genomic perspectives on the evolution of fungal entomopathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana.
Scientific reports 2012;2():483.
2011: Sibao Wang; Tammatha R O'Brien; Monica Pava-Ripoll; Raymond J St Leger
Local adaptation of an introduced transgenic insect fungal pathogen due to new beneficial mutations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011;108(51):20449-54.
2011: Sibao Wang; Chengshu Wang; Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
Insertion of an esterase gene into a specific locust pathogen (Metarhizium acridum) enables it to infect caterpillars.
PLoS pathogens 2011;7(6):e1002097.
2011: Weiguo Fang; Joel Vega-Rodríguez; Anil Ghosh; Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena; Angray Kang; Raymond J St Leger
Development of transgenic fungi that kill human malaria parasites in mosquitoes.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2011;331(6020):1074-7.
2011: Liangcai Lin; Weiguo Fang; Dongzhi Wei; Xinggang Liao; Fengqing Wang; Raymond J St Leger
The MrCYP52 cytochrome P450 monoxygenase gene of Metarhizium robertsii is important for utilizing insect epicuticular hydrocarbons.
PloS one 2011;6(12):e28984.
2011: Peng Zheng; Yan Zhou; Xiao Hu; Yin Huang; Xingzhong Liu; Raymond J St Leger; Shengyue Wang; Yongliang Xia; Guohua Xiao; Chenghui Xiong; Siwei Zhang; Guo-Ping Zhao; Huajun Zheng; Chengshu Wang
Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional Chinese medicine.
Genome biology 2011;12(11):R116.
2011: Qiang Gao; Kai Jin; Sheng-Hua Ying; Yongjun Zhang; Guohua Xiao; Yanfang Shang; Zhibing Duan; Xiao Hu; Xue-Qin Xie; Gang Zhou; Guoxiong Peng; Zhibing Luo; Wei Huang; Bing Wang; Weiguo Fang; Sibao Wang; Yi Zhong; Li-Jun Ma; Raymond J St Leger; Guo-Ping Zhao; Yan Pei; Ming-Guang Feng; Yuxian Xia; Chengshu Wang
Genome sequencing and comparative transcriptomics of the model entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum.
PLoS genetics 2011;7(1):e1001264.
2011: Monica Pava-Ripoll; Claudia Angelini; Weiguo Fang; Sibao Wang; Francisco Posada; Raymond J St Leger
The rhizosphere-competent entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae expresses a specific subset of genes in plant root exudate.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2011;157(Pt 1):47-55.
2010: Raymond J St Leger
Society for Invertebrate Pathology 2009 Founders' Lecture: Donald W. Roberts--50 years of leadership in insect pathology.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2010;105(3):211-9.
2010: Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
Mrt, a gene unique to fungi, encodes an oligosaccharide transporter and facilitates rhizosphere competency in Metarhizium robertsii.
Plant physiology 2010;154(3):1549-57.
2010: Weiguo Fang; Everton K K Fernandes; Donald W Roberts; Michael J Bidochka; Raymond J St Leger
A laccase exclusively expressed by Metarhizium anisopliae during isotropic growth is involved in pigmentation, tolerance to abiotic stresses and virulence.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 2010;47(7):602-7.
2010: Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
RNA binding proteins mediate the ability of a fungus to adapt to the cold.
Environmental microbiology 2010;12(3):810-20.
2010: Raymond J St Leger; Chengshu Wang
Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2010;85(4):901-7.
2009: Weiguo Fang; Jin Feng; Yanhua Fan; Yongjun Zhang; Michael J Bidochka; Raymond J St Leger; Yan Pei
Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2009;102(2):155-9.
2009: Sibao Wang; Andreas Leclerque; Monica Pava-Ripoll; Weiguo Fang; Raymond J St Leger
Comparative genomics using microarrays reveals divergence and loss of virulence-associated genes in host-specific strains of the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae.
Eukaryotic cell 2009;8(6):888-98.
2009: Weiguo Fang; Monica Pava-ripoll; Sibao Wang; Raymond J St Leger
Protein kinase A regulates production of virulence determinants by the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 2009;46(3):277-85.
2008: Monica Pava-Ripoll; Francisco Posada; Bahram Momen; Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
Increased pathogenicity against coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Metarhizium anisopliae expressing the scorpion toxin (AaIT) gene.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2008;99(2):220-6.
2008: Lin Li; Monika Pischetsrieder; Raymond J St Leger; Chengshu Wang
Associated links among mtDNA glycation, oxidative stress and colony sectorization in Metarhizium anisopliae.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 2008;45(9):1300-6.
2008: Raymond J St Leger
Studies on adaptations of Metarhizium anisopliae to life in the soil.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 2008;98(3):271-6.
2008: Chengshu Wang; Zhibing Duan; Raymond J St Leger
MOS1 osmosensor of Metarhizium anisopliae is required for adaptation to insect host hemolymph.
Eukaryotic cell 2008;7(2):302-9.
2007: Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
A scorpion neurotoxin increases the potency of a fungal insecticide.
Nature biotechnology 2007;25(12):1455-6.
2007: Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
The Metarhizium anisopliae Perilipin Homolog MPL1 Regulates Lipid Metabolism, Appressorial Turgor Pressure, and Virulence.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(29):21110-5.
2007: Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
The MAD1 adhesin of Metarhizium anisopliae links adhesion with blastospore production and virulence to insects, and the MAD2 adhesin enables attachment to plants.
Eukaryotic cell 2007;6(5):808-16.
2007: Subhamoy Pal; Raymond J St Leger; Louisa P Wu
Fungal peptide Destruxin A plays a specific role in suppressing the innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(12):8969-77.
2006: Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
A collagenous protective coat enables Metarhizium anisopliae to evade insect immune responses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006;103(17):6647-52.
2005: Chengshu Wang; Tariq M Butt; Raymond J St Leger
Colony sectorization of Metarhizium anisopliae is a sign of ageing.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2005;151(Pt 10):3223-36.
2005: Chengshu Wang; Gang Hu; Raymond J St Leger
Differential gene expression by Metarhizium anisopliae growing in root exudate and host (Manduca sexta) cuticle or hemolymph reveals mechanisms of physiological adaptation.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 2005;42(8):704-18.
2005: Chengshu Wang; Raymond J St Leger
Developmental and transcriptional responses to host and nonhost cuticles by the specific locust pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum.
Eukaryotic cell 2005;4(5):937-47.
2005: Florian M Freimoser; Gang Hu; Raymond J St Leger
Variation in gene expression patterns as the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae adapts to different host cuticles or nutrient deprivation in vitro.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2005;151(Pt 2):361-71.
2004: Gang Hu; Raymond J St Leger
A phylogenomic approach to reconstructing the diversification of serine proteases in fungi.
Journal of evolutionary biology 2004;17(6):1204-14.
2003: Florian M Freimoser; Steven Screen; Savita Bagga; Gang Hu; Raymond J St Leger
Expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis of two subspecies of Metarhizium anisopliae reveals a plethora of secreted proteins with potential activity in insect hosts.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2003;149(Pt 1):239-47.
2000: Steven Screen; Raymond J St Leger
Cloning, expression, and substrate specificity of a fungal chymotrypsin. Evidence for lateral gene transfer from an actinomycete bacterium.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(9):6689-94.
2000: Raymond J St Leger; Steven Screen; B Shams-Pirzadeh
Lack of host specialization in Aspergillus flavus.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2000;66(1):320-4.
1999: Raymond J St Leger; JO Nelson; Steven Screen
The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae alters ambient pH, allowing extracellular protease production and activity.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1999;145 ( Pt 10)():2691-9.
1999: Lokesh Joshi; Raymond J St Leger
Cloning, expression, and substrate specificity of MeCPA, a zinc carboxypeptidase that is secreted into infected tissues by the fungal entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(14):9803-11.
1999: Michael J Bidochka; Raymond J St Leger; A Stuart; K Gowanlock
Nuclear rDNA phylogeny in the fungal genus Verticillium and its relationship to insect and plant virulence, extracellular proteases and carbohydrases.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1999;145 ( Pt 4)():955-63.
1998: Raymond J St Leger; Lokesh Joshi; D Roberts
Ambient pH is a major determinant in the expression of cuticle-degrading enzymes and hydrophobin by Metarhizium anisopliae.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1998;64(2):709-13.
1997: Lokesh Joshi; Raymond J St Leger; D W Roberts
Isolation of a cDNA encoding a novel subtilisin-like protease (Pr1B) from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae using differential display-RT-PCR.
Gene 1997;197(1-2):1-8.
1997: Raymond J St Leger; Lokesh Joshi; D W Roberts
Adaptation of proteases and carbohydrates of saprophytic, phytopathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi to the requirements of their ecological niches.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1997;143 ( Pt 6)():1983-92.
1996: Raymond J St Leger; Lokesh Joshi; Michael J Bidochka; D W Roberts
Construction of an improved mycoinsecticide overexpressing a toxic protease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(13):6349-54.
1996: Raymond J St Leger; Lokesh Joshi; Michael J Bidochka; N W Rizzo; D W Roberts
Biochemical characterization and ultrastructural localization of two extracellular trypsins produced by Metarhizium anisopliae in infected insect cuticles.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1996;62(4):1257-64.
1996: Michael J Bidochka; S R Walsh; M E Ramos; Raymond J St Leger; J C Silver; D W Roberts
Fate of biological control introductions: monitoring an Australian fungal pathogen of grasshoppers in North America.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(2):918-21.
1995: Michael J Bidochka; Raymond J St Leger; Lokesh Joshi; D W Roberts
An inner cell wall protein (cwp1) from conidia of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1995;141 ( Pt 5)():1075-80.
1995: Lokesh Joshi; Raymond J St Leger; Michael J Bidochka
Cloning of a cuticle-degrading protease from the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana.
FEMS microbiology letters 1995;125(2-3):211-7.
1994: Raymond J St Leger; Michael J Bidochka; D W Roberts
Characterization of a novel carboxypeptidase produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1994;314(2):392-8.
1994: Raymond J St Leger; Michael J Bidochka; D W Roberts
Isoforms of the cuticle-degrading Pr1 proteinase and production of a metalloproteinase by Metarhizium anisopliae.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1994;313(1):1-7.
1994: Michael J Bidochka; M A McDonald; Raymond J St Leger; D W Roberts
Differentiation of species and strains of entomopathogenic fungi by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD).
Current genetics 1994;25(2):107-13.
1993: Raymond J St Leger; R M Cooper; A K Charnley
Analysis of aminopeptidase and dipeptidylpeptidase IV from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
Journal of general microbiology 1993;139(2):237-43.
1992: Raymond J St Leger; R C Staples; D W Roberts
Cloning and regulatory analysis of starvation-stress gene, ssgA, encoding a hydrophobin-like protein from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae.
Gene 1992;120(1):119-24.
1992: Raymond J St Leger; D C Frank; D W Roberts; R C Staples
Molecular cloning and regulatory analysis of the cuticle-degrading-protease structural gene from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1992;204(3):991-1001.
1989: Raymond J St Leger; D W Roberts; R C Staples
Novel GTP-binding proteins in plasma membranes of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1989;164(1):562-6.
1987: Raymond J St Leger; R M Cooper; A K Charnley
Distribution of chymoelastases and trypsin-like enzymes in five species of entomopathogenic deuteromycetes.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1987;258(1):123-31.
1987: Raymond J St Leger; A K Charnley; R M Cooper
Characterization of cuticle-degrading proteases produced by the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1987;253(1):221-32.