Functional characterization of theAspergillus nidulansglucosylceramide pathway reveals that LCB Δ8-desaturation and C9-methylation are relevant to filamentous growth, lipid raft localization andPsd1 defensin activity

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Antifungal Plant Defensins: Mechanisms of Action and Production

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Antifungal activity of plant defensin AFP1 in Brassica juncea involves the recognition of the methyl residue in glucosylceramide of target pathogen Candida albicans

(2013) Yoshifumi Oguro et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Effect of alkylphospholipids on Candida albicans biofilm formation and maturation

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Methylation of glycosylated sphingolipid modulates membrane lipid topography and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans

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Two Pathways of Sphingolipid Biosynthesis Are Separated in the YeastPichia pastoris

(2011) Philipp Ternes et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Systematic screens of a Candida albicans homozygous deletion library decouple morphogenetic switching and pathogenicity

(2010) Suzanne M Noble et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Backbone dynamics of the antifungal Psd1 pea defensin and its correlation with membrane interaction by NMR spectroscopy

(2009) Luciano Neves de Medeiros et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Candida albicans sphingolipid C9-methyltransferase is involved in hyphal elongation

(2009) T. Oura et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Conidiation Color Mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus Are Highly Pathogenic to the Heterologous Insect Host Galleria mellonella

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Sphingolipid C-9 Methyltransferases Are Important for Growth and Virulence but Not for Sensitivity to Antifungal Plant Defensins inFusarium graminearum

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Disruption of the sphingolipid  8-desaturase gene causes a delay in morphological changes in Candida albicans

(2008) T. Oura et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM