Leah E. Cowen

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 66 papers. Top paper: “Adaptive laboratory evolution in S. cerevisiae highlights role of transcription factors in fungal xenobiotic resistance”.

Adaptive laboratory evolution in S. cerevisiae highlights role of transcription factors in fungal xenobiotic resistance

Communications Biology(2022)10.1038/s42003-022-03076-7

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24 citations

Madeline R. Luth, Erich Hellemann, Gregory M. Goldgof, Eddy Vigil, Prianka Kumar +27 more

The future of fungi: threats and opportunities

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2022)10.1093/g3journal/jkac224

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56 citations

Judith Berman, David S. Blehert, Robert A. Cramer, Christina A. Cuomo, Cameron R. Currie +29 more

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

PLoS Pathogens(2024)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012735

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25 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

The macrophage-derived protein PTMA induces filamentation of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109584

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19 citations

Kwamaa Duah, Brett Larsen, Cassandra J. Wong, Anne‐Claude Gingras, Teresa R. O’Meara +5 more

Molecular analysis and essentiality of Aro1 shikimate biosynthesis multi-enzyme in Candida albicans

Life Science Alliance(2022)10.26508/lsa.202101358

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3 citations

Sean D. Liston, Cameron Semper, Bradley Quade, K. Michalska, E. Evdokimova +6 more

A small molecule produced by Lactobacillus species blocks Candida albicans filamentation by inhibiting a DYRK1-family kinase

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-26390-w

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113 citations

Martin Daniel-Ivad, Zhongle Liu, Junko Yano, Nicole M. Revie, Robert T. Todd +14 more

Leveraging machine learning essentiality predictions and chemogenomic interactions to identify antifungal targets

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-26850-3

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84 citations

Xiang Zhang, Amanda O. Veri, Kali R. Iyer, Emma Lash, Alice Xue +18 more

Functional connections between cell cycle and proteostasis in the regulation of Candida albicans morphogenesis

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108781

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33 citations

Emma Lash, Amanda O. Veri, Leah E. Cowen, Saif Hossain

Mitochondrial perturbation reduces susceptibility to xenobiotics through altered efflux in Candida albicans

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyab095

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19 citations

Amanda O. Veri, Zhongle Liu, Kali R. Iyer, Teresa R. O’Meara, Nicole Robbins +2 more

Fluorescence Polarization‐Based Measurement of Protein‐Ligand Interaction in Fungal Cell Lysates

Current Protocols(2021)10.1002/cpz1.17

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3 citations

Tanvi Shekhar‐Guturja, Luke Whitesell, Leah E. Cowen, Emmanuelle V. LeBlanc

Defining the Yeast Resistome through in vitro Evolution and Whole Genome Sequencing

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.02.17.430112

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4 citations

Madeline R. Luth, Erich Hellemann, Gregory M. Goldgof, Eddy Vigil, Prianka Kumar +27 more

Showcasing Fungal Genetics & Genomics with the Genetics Society of America

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyaa034

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Joseph Heitman, Leah E. Cowen

Showcasing Fungal Genetics & Genomics with the Genetics Society of America

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2021)10.1093/g3journal/jkaa041

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Joseph Heitman, Leah E. Cowen

The role of Candida albicans stress response pathways in antifungal tolerance and resistance

iScience(2022)10.1016/j.isci.2022.103953

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86 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Kali R. Iyer

Bacterial‐fungal interactions and their impact on microbial pathogenesis

Molecular Ecology(2022)10.1111/mec.16411

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63 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Jessie MacAlpine

Targeting fungal membrane homeostasis with imidazopyrazoindoles impairs azole resistance and biofilm formation

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-31308-1

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48 citations

Kali R. Iyer, Michelle E. Maxson, Jiabao Zhang, Su Yan, Caroline Mota Fernandes +22 more

Functional analysis of the Candida albicans kinome reveals Hrr25 as a regulator of antifungal susceptibility

iScience(2022)10.1016/j.isci.2022.104432

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16 citations

Sean D. Liston, Dongyeob Lee, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Yunjin Lee

Antifungal discovery

Current Opinion in Microbiology(2022)10.1016/j.mib.2022.102198

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13 citations

Leah E. Cowen, Nicole Robbins

Genomic Approaches to Antifungal Drug Target Identification and Validation

Annual Review of Microbiology(2022)10.1146/annurev-micro-041020-094524

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11 citations

Leah E. Cowen, Nicole Robbins

The GARP complex is required for filamentation in Candida albicans

Genetics(2022)10.1093/genetics/iyac152

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9 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Saif Hossain

High-Throughput Chemical Screen Identifies a 2,5-Disubstituted Pyridine as an Inhibitor of Candida albicans Erg11

mSphere(2022)10.1128/msphere.00075-22

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6 citations

Alice Xue, Chester Pham, Nicole M. Revie, Kirsten J. Meyer, Yoko Yashiroda +8 more

Molecular mechanisms governing antifungal drug resistance

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance(2023)10.1038/s44259-023-00007-2

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274 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Yunjin Lee

Roles of Hsp90 in Candida albicans morphogenesis and virulence

Current Opinion in Microbiology(2023)10.1016/j.mib.2023.102351

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49 citations

Leah E. Cowen, Nicole Robbins

Identification of triazenyl indoles as inhibitors of fungal fatty acid biosynthesis with broad-spectrum activity

Cell chemical biology(2023)10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.06.005

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28 citations

Sheena C. Li, Nicole M. Revie, Jennifer W. Lou, Dustin Duncan, Sara Fallah +23 more

Multifactor transcriptional control of alternative oxidase induction integrates diverse environmental inputs to enable fungal virulence

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-40209-w

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20 citations

Pauline Basso, Saif Hossain, Sean D. Liston, Nicole Robbins, Luke Whitesell +3 more

Respiration supports intraphagosomal filamentation and escape of Candida albicans from macrophages

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02745-23

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16 citations

Johannes Westman, Michael Hallett, Jonathan Plumb, Aiman Farheen, Michelle E. Maxson +8 more

Potent Antifungal Activity of Penta-O-galloyl-β-d-Glucose against Drug-Resistant Candida albicans, Candida auris, and Other Non-albicans Candida Species

ACS Infectious Diseases(2023)10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00113

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18 citations

Yunjin Lee, Dustin Duncan, Luke Whitesell, Leah E. Cowen, Cassandra L. Quave +1 more

Functional genomic analysis of Candida albicans protein kinases reveals modulators of morphogenesis in diverse environments

iScience(2023)10.1016/j.isci.2023.106145

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16 citations

Saif Hossain, Jessie MacAlpine, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Yunjin Lee

DYRK-family kinases regulate Candida albicans morphogenesis and virulence through the Ras1/PKA pathway

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02183-23

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16 citations

Zhongle Liu, Saif Hossain, Luke Whitesell, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen +1 more

Ent2 Governs Morphogenesis and Virulence in Part through Regulation of the Cdc42 Signaling Cascade in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.03434-22

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4 citations

Victoria Prudent, P.J. Stogios, Alexei Savchenko, Suzanne M. Noble, Nicole Robbins +2 more

Chemical-Genetic Approaches for Exploring Mode of Action of Antifungal Compounds in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans

Methods in molecular biology(2023)10.1007/978-1-0716-3155-3_10

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3 citations

Troy Ketela, Sang Hu Kim, Leah E. Cowen, Nicole Robbins

Construction of Candida albicans Strains with ATP-Analog-Sensitive Protein Kinase A and Hog1

mSphere(2023)10.1128/msphere.00095-23

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2 citations

Jessie MacAlpine, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Zhongle Liu

Diverse Plant-Parasitic Nematodes are Selectively Killed by Oxadiazole Thioether Pro-Nematicides

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.14.557801

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Andrew R. Burns, Brittany Cooke, Savina R. Cammalleri, Megan Kitner, Justin Ching +12 more

Advancements and challenges in antifungal therapeutic development

Clinical Microbiology Reviews(2024)10.1128/cmr.00142-23

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99 citations

Sara Fallah, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Emily Puumala

The spliceosome impacts morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.01535-24

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14 citations

Corinne Maufrais, Guilhem Janbon, Nicole Robbins, Lydia Herzel, Leah E. Cowen +1 more

Functional genomic analysis of genes important for Candida albicans fitness in diverse environmental conditions

Cell Reports(2024)10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114601

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13 citations

Xiang Zhang, Huijuan Yan, Henry N. Ward, Zhen-Yuan Lin, Cassandra J. Wong +7 more

Interdisciplinary approaches for the discovery of novel antifungals

Trends in Molecular Medicine(2024)10.1016/j.molmed.2024.04.018

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11 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Bonnie Yiu

A chemical screen identifies structurally diverse metal chelators with activity against the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Microbiology Spectrum(2024)10.1128/spectrum.04095-23

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10 citations

Dustin Duncan, Kyle D. Reichl, Michael J. Smith, Wenyu Wang, John A. Porco +5 more

Cyprocide selectively kills nematodes via cytochrome P450 bioactivation

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-49738-4

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9 citations

Andrew R. Burns, Brittany Cooke, Savina R. Cammalleri, Megan Kitner, Justin Ching +14 more

Allosteric inhibition of tRNA synthetase Gln4 by N-pyrimidinyl-β-thiophenylacrylamides exerts highly selective antifungal activity

Cell chemical biology(2024)10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.01.010

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5 citations

David Sychantha, Elizabeth Lach, Shawn Reeves, Sunna Nabeela, Meea Fogal +12 more

Naamidine A reveals a promising zinc-binding strategy for topical antifungal therapy

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy(2024)10.1128/aac.01194-24

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2 citations

Sunna Nabeela, Christopher C. Thornburg, Tanja Grkovic, Priya Uppuluri, Luke Whitesell +4 more

Protocol to evaluate translation inhibition in Candida species using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry

STAR Protocols(2024)10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103245

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2 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Emily Puumala

The putative prenyltransferase Nus1 is required for filamentation in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2024)10.1093/g3journal/jkae124

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1 citations

Nicola T. Case, Jessie MacAlpine, Ci Fu, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen +1 more

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.06.606879

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3 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-024-08419-4

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94 citations

Sarah J. Gurr, Matthew C. Fisher, David S. Blehert, Charles Boone, Arturo Casadevall +28 more

Butyrolactol A enhances caspofungin efficacy via flippase inhibition in drug-resistant fungi

Cell(2025)10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.036

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7 citations

H. Diessel Duan, Michael J. Hoy, Kalinka Koteva, Michaela Spitzer, Allison K. Guitor +23 more

Structure-guided optimization of small molecules targeting Yck2 as a strategy to combat Candida albicans

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-57346-z

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12 citations

Meganathan Nandakumar, Bonnie Yiu, P.J. Stogios, Benjamin G. Strickland, Robert Żarnowski +9 more

Colistin enhances caspofungin antifungal efficacy against Aspergillus fumigatus by modulating calcium homeostasis and stress responses

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-60991-z

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5 citations

Xingyue Li, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Camila Figueiredo Pinzan, Jonatas Erick Maimoni Campanella, Iran Malavazi +13 more

Chemoproteomic Profiling of C. albicans for Characterization of Antifungal Kinase Inhibitors

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry(2025)10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00097

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6 citations

Meganathan Nandakumar, Aurora Cabrera, Bonnie Yiu, Emily Puumala, Zhongle Liu +12 more

A cationic amphiphilic drug synergizes with strobilurin fungicides to control fungal-borne plant diseases

Cell chemical biology(2025)10.1016/j.chembiol.2025.05.008

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4 citations

Christopher Blackman, Mackenzie Eli William Loranger, Richard Trilles, Kalina Doytchinova-Weil, Stephen S. Scully +12 more

Sterol-C4-methyl-oxidase Erg251 governs Candida albicans hypoxic growth, commensalism and virulence

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-66482-5

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2 citations

Bonnie Yiu, Pauline Basso, Xuefei Chen, Disha Patel, Taylor Davie +9 more

Characterizing antimicrobial activity of environmental Streptomyces spp. and oral bacterial and fungal isolates from Canis familiaris and Felis catus

mSphere(2025)10.1128/msphere.00098-25

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1 citations

Bonnie Yiu, Sara Fallah, Kirsten J. Meyer, Emily Puumala, Yunjin Lee +6 more

Protocol to identify genes important for Candida albicans fitness in diverse environmental conditions using pooled bar-seq screening approach

STAR Protocols(2025)10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103645

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2 citations

Xiang Zhang, Nicole Robbins, Chad L. Myers, Leah E. Cowen, Emily Xiong

Coniontins, lipopetaibiotics active against Candida auris identified from a microbial natural product fractionation library

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-62630-z

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Kalinka Koteva, Sommer Chou, Allison K. Guitor, Daniel Pallant, Yunjin Lee +10 more

Adaptation of the tetracycline-repressible system for modulating the expression of essential genes in Cryptococcus neoformans

mSphere(2025)10.1128/msphere.01018-24

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1 citations

Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Ci Fu

Butyrolactol A potentiates caspofungin efficacy against resistant fungi via phospholipid flippase inhibition

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.01.06.630955

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5 citations

H. Diessel Duan, Michael J. Hoy, Kalinka Koteva, Michaela Spitzer, Allison K. Guitor +23 more

Structure-guided optimization of small molecules targeting the yeast casein kinase, Yck2, as a therapeutic strategy to combat Candida albicans

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-5524306/v1

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1 citations

Emily Puumala, Meganathan Nandakumar, Bonnie Yiu, P.J. Stogios, Benjamin G. Strickland +9 more

Chemoproteomic Profiling of C. albicans for Characterization of Anti-fungal Kinase Inhibitors

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.01.10.632200

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Meganathan Nandakumar, Aurora Cabrera, Bonnie Yiu, Emily Puumala, Zhongle Liu +12 more

A microbial natural product fractionation library screen with HRMS/MS dereplication identifies new lipopeptaibiotics against Candida auris

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-5802877/v1

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Xuefei Chen, Kalinka Koteva, Sommer Chou, Allison K. Guitor, Daniel Pallant +10 more

Structure-activity Relationship for Diarylpyrazoles as Inhibitors of the Fungal Kinase Yck2

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.07.12.664496

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Bonnie Yiu, Ikeer Y. Mancera-Ortiz, P.J. Stogios, Zhongle Liu, Nicole Robbins +5 more

An oxindole efflux inhibitor potentiates azoles and impairs virulence in the fungal pathogen Candida auris

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-20183-3

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71 citations

Kaddy Camara, Martin Daniel-Ivad, Richard Trilles, Sheila Marie Pimentel‐Elardo, Jen Fossen +17 more

Identification and characterization of components of the Candida albicans inner kinetochore

Genetics(2025)10.1093/genetics/iyaf201

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Ci Fu, Zhen-Yuan Lin, Cassandra J. Wong, Kayla Nathwani, Hansen Wang +4 more

Overcoming Fungal Echinocandin Resistance through Inhibition of the Non-essential Stress Kinase Yck2

Cell chemical biology(2020)10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.12.008

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61 citations

Álvaro Lorente‐Macías, P.J. Stogios, E. Evdokimova, Sabrina Hyde, Melanie Wellington +11 more

Translation Inhibition by Rocaglates Activates a Species-Specific Cell Death Program in the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.03329-19

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39 citations

Luke Whitesell, John A. Porco, Thomas Henkel, Lauren E. Brown, Nicole Robbins +2 more

The Proteasome Governs Fungal Morphogenesis via Functional Connections with Hsp90 and cAMP-Protein Kinase A Signaling

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.00290-20

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30 citations

Amanda O. Veri, Leah E. Cowen, Saif Hossain

Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook

Nature Reviews Microbiology(2021)10.1038/s41579-021-00511-0

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362 citations

Nicole M. Revie, Ci Fu, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Kali R. Iyer