Robert E. Marra

Evidence of Sexual Recombination among Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Isolates in Sub-Saharan Africa†

Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Marra, Robert E., Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Vilgalys, Rytas, Mitchell, Thomas G.

The most common cause of fungal meningitis in humans, Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A, is a basidiomycetous yeast with a bipolar mating system. However, the vast majority (>99.9%) of C. neoformans...

Interaction Between Genetic Background and the Mating-Type Locus in Cryptococcus neoformans Virulence Potential

Nielsen, Kirsten, Marra, Robert E., Hagen, Ferry, Boekhout, Teun, Mitchell, Thomas G., Cox, Gary M., ...

The study of quantitative traits provides a window on the interactions between multiple unlinked genetic loci. The interaction between hosts and pathogenic microbes, such as fungi, involves aspects...

A genetic linkage map of Cryptococcus neoformans variety neoformans serotype D (Filobasidiella neoformans).

Marra, Robert E, Huang, Johnny C, Fung, Eula, Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Vilgalys, Rytas, ...

To construct a genetic linkage map of the heterothallic yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans (Filobasidiella neoformans), we crossed two mating-compatible strains and analyzed 94 progeny for the...

Evidence of Sexual Recombination among Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Isolates in Sub-Saharan Africa†

Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Marra, Robert E., Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Vilgalys, Rytas, Mitchell, Thomas G.

The most common cause of fungal meningitis in humans, Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A, is a basidiomycetous yeast with a bipolar mating system. However, the vast majority (>99.9%) of C. neoformans...

Interaction Between Genetic Background and the Mating-Type Locus in Cryptococcus neoformans Virulence Potential

Nielsen, Kirsten, Marra, Robert E., Hagen, Ferry, Boekhout, Teun, Mitchell, Thomas G., Cox, Gary M., ...

The study of quantitative traits provides a window on the interactions between multiple unlinked genetic loci. The interaction between hosts and pathogenic microbes, such as fungi, involves aspects...

A genetic linkage map of Cryptococcus neoformans variety neoformans serotype D (Filobasidiella neoformans).

Marra, Robert E, Huang, Johnny C, Fung, Eula, Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Vilgalys, Rytas, ...

To construct a genetic linkage map of the heterothallic yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans (Filobasidiella neoformans), we crossed two mating-compatible strains and analyzed 94 progeny for the...