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  1. Dynamic optimization reveals alveolar epithelial cells as key mediators of host defense in invasive aspergillosis

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, December 2021, PLOS

    Axel Brakhage

  2. Bacterial marginolactones trigger formation of algal gloeocapsoids, protective aggregates on the verge of multicellularity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Axel Brakhage

  3. The monothiol glutaredoxin GrxD is essential for sensing iron starvation in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2019, PLOS

    Axel Brakhage, Professor Hubertus Haas

  4. β-1,3-glucan-lacking Aspergillus fumigatus mediates an efficient antifungal immune response by activating complement and dendritic cells

    Article • Virulence, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Johannes Wagener, Lukas Huber, Professor Hubertus Haas, Professor Doris Wilflingseder, Axel Brakhage

  5. Proteome Analysis Reveals the Conidial Surface Protein CcpA Essential for Virulence of the Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • mBio, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Matthew G Blango, Axel Brakhage

  6. Induction of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Itraconazole, Terbinafine, and Amphotericin B as a Mode of Action against Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2017, ASM Journals

    Axel Brakhage

  7. A Nonredundant Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase, PptA, Is a Novel Antifungal Target That Directs Secondary Metabolite, Siderophore, and Lysine Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus and Is Critical for Pathogenicity

    Article • mBio, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Axel Brakhage

  8. An Efficient Method To Generate Gene Deletion Mutants of the Rapamycin-Producing Bacterium Streptomyces iranensis HM 35

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Axel Brakhage

  9. Hitting the Caspofungin Salvage Pathway of Human-Pathogenic Fungi with the Novel Lasso Peptide Humidimycin (MDN-0010)

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel Brakhage

  10. Distinct Amino Acids of Histone H3 Control Secondary Metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Axel Brakhage