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  1. Diversity of life cycles, breeding systems, and mating types in mushrooms

    Article • February 2026, De Gruyter

    Ursula Kües

  2. Ecology and Genetics in Asexual Sporulation in Agaricomycetes

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  3. Molecular identification of Daedalea quercina (L.) Pers., a mushroom with antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer functions

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, December 2025, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  4. Th IPK1 regulates lignocellulolytic enzyme expression during wood degradation in white-rot fungi

    Article • mBio, September 2025, ASM Journals

    Ursula Kües

  5. Herstellung von Myzel-gebundenen Biomaterialien

    Article • Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb, February 2025, De Gruyter

    Ursula Kües

  6. Enhanced extracellular production of laccase in Coprinopsis cinerea by silencing chitinase gene

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  7. Nutritional and pharmacological potentials of the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma adspersum (Schulz.) Donk

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, March 2024, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  8. Applying molecular and genetic methods to trees and their fungal communities

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  9. Enzymatic Oxidation of Ca-Lignosulfonate and Kraft Lignin in Different Lignin-Laccase-Mediator-Systems and MDF Production

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, January 2022, Frontiers

    Ursula Kües

  10. Coprinopsis cinerea Uses Laccase Lcc9 as a Defense Strategy To Eliminate Oxidative Stress during Fungal‐Fungal Interactions

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2022, ASM Journals

    Ursula Kües

  11. Mating-Type Locus Organization and Mating-Type Chromosome Differentiation in the Bipolar Edible Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus

    Article • Genes, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Ursula Kües

  12. Phylogeny, tissue-specific expression, and activities of root-secreted purple acid phosphatases for P uptake from ATP in P starved poplar

    Article • Plant Science, June 2021, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  13. Professor Dr.-Ing. Edmone Roffael

    Article • European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  14. Selection markers for transformation of the sequenced reference monokaryon Okayama 7/#130 and homokaryon AmutBmut of Coprinopsis cinerea

    Article • Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  15. Mycoparasite Hypomyces odoratus infests Agaricus xanthodermus fruiting bodies in nature

    Article • AMB Express, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  16. Glucose counteracts wood-dependent induction of lignocellulolytic enzyme secretion in monokaryon and dikaryon submerged cultures of the white-rot basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  17. The first fungal laccase with an alkaline pH optimum obtained by directed evolution and its application in indigo dye decolorization

    Article • AMB Express, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  18. Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, April 2019, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  19. Transcriptomic atlas of mushroom development reveals conserved genes behind complex multicellularity in fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  20. Gongronella sp. w5 elevates Coprinopsis cinerea laccase production by carbon source syntrophism and secondary metabolite induction

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  21. Complex fungi

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, September 2018, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  22. Laccase production and pellet morphology of Coprinopsis cinerea transformants in liquid shake flask cultures

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  23. Transcriptomic atlas of mushroom development highlights an independent origin of complex multicellularity

    Article • June 2018, openRxiv

    Ursula Kües

  24. Phylogenetic Relationships, Pathogenic Traits, and Wood-Destroying Properties of Porodaedalea niemelaei M. Fischer Isolated in the Northern Forest Limit of Larix gmelinii Open Woodlands in the Permafrost Area

    Article • Journal of Siberian Federal University Biology, February 2018, Siberian Federal University

    Professor Konstantin V Krutovsky , Ursula Kües

  25. Volatiles in Communication of Agaricomycetes

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  26. Split trp1+ Gene Markers for Selection in Sequential Transformations of the Agaricomycete Coprinopsis cinerea

    Article • Current Biotechnology, April 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Ursula Kües

  27. Bulk isolation of basidiospores from wild mushrooms by electrostatic attraction with low risk of microbial contaminations

    Article • AMB Express, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  28. Making Use of Genomic Information to Explore the Biotechnological Potential of Medicinal Mushrooms

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  29. Paradoxical performance of tryptophan synthase gene trp1 + in transformations of the basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  30. The key role of lignin decomposing fungi in the decay of roofs thatched with water reed

    Article • Mycological Progress, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  31. 12 Asexual Sporulation in Agaricomycetes

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  32. From two to many: Multiple mating types in Basidiomycetes

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, December 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  33. In memory of Lorna Ann Casselton, CBE, MA, PhD, DSc, MAE, FRS

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, December 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  34. Fungal enzymes for environmental management

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  35. Genome analysis of medicinal Ganoderma spp. with plant-pathogenic and saprotrophic life-styles

    Article • Phytochemistry, June 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  36. How do Agaricomycetes shape their fruiting bodies? 1. Morphological aspects of development

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, June 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  37. Evolution of novel wood decay mechanisms in Agaricales revealed by the genome sequences of Fistulina hepatica and Cylindrobasidium torrendii

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  38. Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea Genome, Transcriptome and Secretome Provides Insight into Its Pioneer Colonization Strategies of Wood

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2014, PLOS

    Professor Jagjit S Yadav, Ursula Kües

  39. The Origin of Multiple Mating Types in the Model MushroomsCoprinopsis cinereaandSchizophyllum commune

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Ursula Kües

  40. The genetic structure of the A mating-type locus of Lentinula edodes

    Article • Gene, February 2014, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  41. The genome of the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus: a basidiomycete model with a versatile arsenal for lignocellulosic biomass breakdown

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  42. A DNA Damage Checkpoint Pathway Coordinates the Division of Dikaryotic Cells in the Ink Cap MushroomCoprinopsis cinerea

    Article • Genetics, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  43. Preface to Agaricus bisporus – Beyond the genome Special Issue

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  44. Correction for Morin et al., Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  45. Lcc1 and Lcc5 are the main laccases secreted in liquid cultures of Coprinopsis cinerea strains

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  46. Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Gary D Foster, Ursula Kües

  47. The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

    Article • Science, June 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Antonis Rokas, Ursula Kües

  48. Correction for Fernandez-Fueyo et al., Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  49. Insight into trade-off between wood decay and parasitism from the genome of a fungal forest pathogen

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Lassaad Belbahri, Ursula Kües

  50. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  51. Phylogenetic, genomic organization and expression analysis of hydrophobin genes in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  52. Verticillium longisporum Infection Affects the Leaf Apoplastic Proteome, Metabolome, and Cell Wall Properties in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • PLOS One, February 2012, PLOS

    Professor Ivo Feussner, Ursula Kües

  53. Laccase mediator systems for eco‐friendly production of medium‐density fiberboard (MDF) on a pilot scale: Physicochemical analysis of the reaction mechanism

    Article • Biotechnology Journal, September 2011, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  54. The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Article • Science, August 2011, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Ursula Kües

  55. On the road to understanding truffles in the underground

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  56. Obligate biotrophy features unraveled by the genomic analysis of rust fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  57. Multiple Multi-Copper Oxidase Gene Families in Basidiomycetes – What for?

    Article • Current Genomics, April 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Ursula Kües

  58. New Armenian Wood-Associated Coprinoid Mushrooms: Coprinopsis strossmayeri and Coprinellus aff. radians

    Article • Diversity, March 2011, MDPI AG

    Ursula Kües

  59. Fungal colonisation of outside weathered modified wood

    Article • Wood Science and Technology, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  60. Genome sequence of the model mushroom Schizophyllum commune

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jason Stajich, Ursula Kües

  61. Mating‐type orthologous genes in the primarily homothallic Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of Witches' Broom Disease in cacao

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, June 2010, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  62. Insights into evolution of multicellular fungi from the assembled chromosomes of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea ( Coprinus cinereus )

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  63. Optimized protocol for the 2‐DE of extracellular proteins from higher basidiomycetes inhabiting lignocellulose

    Article • Electrophoresis, July 2009, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  64. Phylogenetic analysis, genomic organization, and expression analysis of multi‐copper oxidases in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2009, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  65. Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ursula Kües

  66. Communication of Fungi on Individual, Species, Kingdom, and Above Kingdom Levels

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  67. Defence reactions in the apoplastic proteome of oilseed rape (Brassica napus var. napus) attenuate Verticillium longisporumgrowth but not disease symptoms

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  68. Gene organization of the mating type regions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor reveals distinct evolution between the two mating type loci

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2008, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  69. The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Article • Nature, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ivo Feussner, Ursula Kües

  70. Implication of mycelium-associated laccase from Irpex lacteus in the decolorization of synthetic dyes

    Article • Bioresource Technology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  71. Detection, quantification and identification of fungal extracellular laccases using polyclonal antibody and mass spectrometry

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  72. Early drought-induced changes to the needle proteome of Norway spruce

    Article • Tree Physiology, October 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  73. Green fluorescent protein expression in the symbiotic basidiomycete fungusHebeloma cylindrosporum

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  74. Wood production, wood technology, and biotechnological impacts

    Article • January 2007, Universitatsverlag Gottingen

    Ursula Kües

  75. Phylogenetic comparison and classification of laccase and related multicopper oxidase protein sequences

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 2006, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  76. The laccase multi-gene family in Coprinopsis cinerea has seventeen different members that divide into two distinct subfamilies

    Article • Current Genetics, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  77. Evolution of the Bipolar Mating System of the Mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus From Its Tetrapolar Ancestors Involves Loss of Mating-Type-Specific Pheromone Receptor Function

    Article • Genetics, March 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  78. An Essential Gene for Fruiting Body Initiation in the Basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea Is Homologous to Bacterial Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Genes

    Article • Genetics, February 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  79. Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  80. Comparison of gpd genes and their protein products in basidiomycetes

    Article • Fungal Genetics Reports, December 2005, New Prairie Press

    Ursula Kües

  81. Fourier transform infrared microscopy and imaging: Detection of fungi in wood

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  82. Expression of laccase gene lcc1 in Coprinopsis cinerea under control of various basidiomycetous promoters

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gary D Foster, Ursula Kües

  83. Ligand interactions of the Coprinopsis cinerea galectins

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2005, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  84. Promoter analysis of cgl2, a galectin encoding gene transcribed during fruiting body formation in Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus)

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, December 2004, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  85. Role of peg formation in clamp cell fusion of homobasidiomycete fungi

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, May 2004, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  86. Biotechnology in the wood industry

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  87. Structure and Functional Analysis of the Fungal Galectin CGL2

    Article • Structure, April 2004, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  88. Evolution of the gene encoding mitochondrial intermediate peptidase and its cosegregation with the A mating-type locus of mushroom fungi

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2004, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  89. The laccase gene family in Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus)

    Article • Current Genetics, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  90. White-cap mutants and meiotic apoptosis in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2003, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  91. Influence of activated A and B mating-type pathways on developmental processes in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, October 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  92. The pab1 gene of Coprinus cinereus encodes a bifunctional protein for para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) synthesis: implications for the evolution of fused PABA synthases

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, May 2002, Wiley

    Ursula Kües

  93. Multiple cotransformations in Coprinus cinereus

    Article • Fungal Genetics Reports, September 2001, New Prairie Press

    Ursula Kües

  94. Morphological variations in oidium formation in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Article • Mycological Research, May 2001, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  95. The chromosomal region containing pab-1, mip, and the A mating type locus of the secondarily homothallic homobasidiomycete Coprinus bilanatus

    Article • Current Genetics, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  96. Fruiting body production in basidiomycetes

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, August 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  97. Fruiting body development in Coprinus cinereus: regulated expression of two galectins secreted by a non-classical pathway The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF130360

    Article • Microbiology, August 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Ursula Kües

  98. Life History and Developmental Processes in the Basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2000, ASM Journals

    Ursula Kües

  99. Rapid isolation of genes from an indexed genomic library ofC. cinereus in a novelpab1 cosmid

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 1999, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  100. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Sexual Incompatibility in Plants and Fungi

    Article • January 1999, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  101. The A mating type and blue light regulate all known differentiation processes in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, October 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  102. Blue Light Overrides Repression of Asexual Sporulation by Mating Type Genes in the BasidiomyceteCoprinus cinereus

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, February 1998, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  103. Asexual Sporulation inCoprinus cinereus:Structure and Development of Oidiophores and Oidia in anAmut BmutHomokaryon

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, October 1997, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  104. Restriction enzyme-mediated DNA integration in Coprinus cinereus

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, September 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  105. Recombination: Meiotic Recombination in Fungi

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  106. Molecular mechanisms of self-incompatibility in flowering plants and fungi — different means to the same end

    Article • Trends in Cell Biology, November 1996, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  107. Two Classes of Homeodomain Proteins Specify the Multiple A Mating Types of the Mushroom Coprinus cinereus

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 1994, JSTOR

    Ursula Kües

  108. Two classes of homeodomain proteins specify the multiple a mating types of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus.

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 1994, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  109. Reproduction in fungi: Genetical and physiological aspects

    Article • Trends in Genetics, May 1994, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  110. Filamentous fungi: old mutants and new discoveries

    Article • Trends in Genetics, January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Ian F Connerton, Ursula Kües

  111. A mating-type factors of Coprinus cinereus have variable numbers of specificity genes encoding two classes of homeodomain proteins

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  112. Expression of A mating type genes of Coprinus cinereus in a heterologous basidiomycete host

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, November 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  113. The A mating-type genes of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus are not differentially transcribed in monokaryons and dikaryons

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, April 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  114. The origin of multiple mating types in mushrooms

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, February 1993, The Company of Biologists

    Ursula Kües

  115. Recombination: Sexual Reproduction — a Tool for Outcrossing and Recombination of Genetic Material

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  116. Fungal mating type genes — regulators of sexual development

    Article • Mycological Research, December 1992, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  117. Homeodomains and regulation of sexual development in basidiomycetes

    Article • Trends in Genetics, May 1992, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  118. The combination of dissimilar alleles of the A alpha and A beta gene complexes, whose proteins contain homeo domain motifs, determines sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus.

    Article • Genes & Development, April 1992, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Ursula Kües

  119. Expression of bacterial mercuric ion reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 1992, ASM Journals

    Ursula Kües

  120. Molecular and Functional Analysis of the a Mating Type Genes of Coprinus Cinereus

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  121. The replication origin of theMethylomonas claraplasmid pBE-2

    Article • DNA Sequence, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Ursula Kües

  122. Recombination: Recombination of Transforming DNA in Fungi

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües

  123. Physiology and genetics of methylotrophic bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1990, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ursula Kües

  124. Determination and in vivo characterization of the basic replicon of natural plasmids of Methylomonas clara

    Article • Plasmid, November 1989, Elsevier

    Ursula Kües

  125. Flocculation in yeast, an assay on the inhibition of cell aggregation

    Article • European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ursula Kües