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  1. Low molecular weight acids differentially impact Fusarium verticillioides transcription

    Article • Fungal Biology, November 2024, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  2. Final piece to the Fusarium pigmentation puzzle – Unraveling of the phenalenone biosynthetic pathway responsible for perithecial pigmentation in the Fusarium solani species complex

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, September 2024, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  3. A Fusarium verticillioides MAT1-2 Strain near Isogenic to the Sequenced FGSC7600 Strain for Producing Homozygous Multigene Mutants

    Article • Journal of Fungi, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Daren Brown

  4. TRI14 Is Critical for Fusarium graminearum Infection and Spread in Wheat

    Article • Applied Microbiology, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Daren Brown

  5. Editorial: The use of metabolic engineering techniques to increase the productivity of primary and secondary metabolites within filamentous fungi

    Article • Frontiers in Fungal Biology, April 2023, Frontiers

    Daren Brown

  6. A secondary function of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase is required for resistance to oxidative and desiccation stress in Fusarium verticillioides

    Article • Fungal Biology, March 2023, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  7. Gene drive by Fusarium SKC1 is dependent on its competing allele

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, November 2022, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  8. Identification of polyketide synthase genes required for aspinolide biosynthesis in Trichoderma arundinaceum

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Daren Brown

  9. DNA Sequence-Based Identification ofFusarium: A Work in Progress

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2022, Scientific Societies

    Daren Brown

  10. FUSARIUM-ID v.3.0: An Updated, Downloadable Resource for Fusarium Species Identification

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2022, Scientific Societies

    Daren Brown

  11. Genus-wide analysis of Fusarium polyketide synthases reveals broad chemical potential

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  12. A-to-I mRNA editing controls spore death induced by a fungal meiotic drive gene in homologous and heterologous expression systems

    Article • Genetics, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Daren Brown

  13. Gene Drive by Fusarium Skc1 is Dependent on its Competing Allele

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  14. The Effect of Fusarium verticillioides Fumonisins on Fatty Acids, Sphingolipids, and Oxylipins in Maize Germlings

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Daren Brown

  15. Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Dr Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Daren Brown

  16. Correction to: Identification and distribution of gene clusters required for synthesis of sphingolipid metabolism inhibitors in diverse species of the filamentous fungus Fusarium

    Article • BMC Genomics, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  17. Identification and distribution of gene clusters required for synthesis of sphingolipid metabolism inhibitors in diverse species of the filamentous fungus Fusarium

    Article • BMC Genomics, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  18. Gain and loss of a transcription factor that regulates late trichothecene biosynthetic pathway genes in Fusarium

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  19. Variation in secondary metabolite production potential in the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex revealed by comparative analysis of 13 genomes

    Article • BMC Genomics, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  20. Identification of rfk-1 , a Meiotic Driver Undergoing RNA Editing in Neurospora

    Article • Genetics, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Daren Brown

  21. Production and Role of Hormones During Interaction of Fusarium Species With Maize (Zea mays L.) Seedlings

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2019, Frontiers

    Daren Brown

  22. Role of Trichoderma arundinaceum tri10 in regulation of terpene biosynthetic genes and in control of metabolic flux

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Daren Brown

  23. Effect of deletion of a trichothecene toxin regulatory gene on the secondary metabolism transcriptome of the saprotrophic fungus Trichoderma arundinaceum

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Daren Brown

  24. Identification of a genetic element required for spore killing in Neurospora

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Daren Brown

  25. Evolution of structural diversity of trichothecenes, a family of toxins produced by plant pathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2018, PLOS

    Dr Santiago Gutierrez, Daren Brown

  26. Fusarium mycotoxins: a trans-disciplinary overview

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew G. Bakker, Daren Brown

  27. Differential Retention of Gene Functions in a Secondary Metabolite Cluster

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Daren Brown

  28. Mycotoxins: A Fungal Genomics Perspective

    Article • December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  29. Comparative “Omics” of theFusarium fujikuroiSpecies Complex Highlights Differences in Genetic Potential and Metabolite Synthesis

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, November 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Danuse Tarkowska, Daren Brown

  30. A Meiotic Drive Element in the Maize Pathogen Fusarium verticillioides Is Located Within a 102 kb Region of Chromosome V

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Daren Brown

  31. Insights into natural products biosynthesis from analysis of 490 polyketide synthases from Fusarium

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  32. Analysis of carbohydrates in Fusarium verticillioides using size-exclusion HPLC – DRI and direct analysis in real time ionization – time-of-flight – mass spectrometry (DART-MS)

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Daren Brown

  33. Identification of a 12-Gene Fusaric Acid Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Fusarium Species Through Comparative and Functional Genomics

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, March 2015, Scientific Societies

    Daren Brown

  34. Correction for Riley et al., Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Daren Brown

  35. Fusarium verticillioides SGE1 Is Required for Full Virulence and Regulates Expression of Protein Effector and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Genes

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, August 2014, Scientific Societies

    Daren Brown

  36. Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Daren Brown

  37. Impact of temperature stress and validamycin A on compatible solutes and fumonisin production in F. verticillioides: Role of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  38. Deciphering the Cryptic Genome: Genome-wide Analyses of the Rice Pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi Reveal Complex Regulation of Secondary Metabolism and Novel Metabolites

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2013, PLOS

    Daren Brown

  39. One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    Article • Phytopathology, May 2013, Scientific Societies

    Dr Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Cees Waalwijk, Daren Brown

  40. Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  41. Lae1 regulates expression of multiple secondary metabolite gene clusters in Fusarium verticillioides

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  42. Identification of gene clusters associated with fusaric acid, fusarin, and perithecial pigment production in Fusarium verticillioides

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  43. Phylogenomic and functional domain analysis of polyketide synthases in Fusarium

    Article • Fungal Biology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  44. Genome Sequences of Three Tunicamycin-Producing Streptomyces Strains, S. chartreusis NRRL 12338, S. chartreusis NRRL 3882, and S. lysosuperificus ATCC 31396

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2011, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  45. Fusarium verticillioides chitin synthases CHS5 and CHS7 are required for normal growth and pathogenicity

    Article • Current Genetics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  46. The KP4 killer protein gene family

    Article • Current Genetics, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  47. FfVel1 and FfLae1, components of a velvet‐like complex in Fusarium fujikuroi, affect differentiation, secondary metabolism and virulence

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2010, Wiley

    Daren Brown

  48. Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Article • Nature, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  49. Genomic analysis ofFusarium verticillioides

    Article • Food Additives & Contaminants Part A, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Daren Brown

  50. Cross-Species Hybridization with Fusarium verticillioides Microarrays Reveals New Insights into Fusarium fujikuroi Nitrogen Regulation and the Role of AreA and NMR

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, August 2008, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  51. Functional characterization, sequence comparisons and distribution of a polyketide synthase gene required for perithecial pigmentation in someFusariumspecies

    Article • Food Additives & Contaminants, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Daren Brown

  52. The Fusarium verticillioides FUM Gene Cluster Encodes a Zn(II)2Cys6 Protein That Affects FUM Gene Expression and Fumonisin Production

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  53. Real-time PCR assay to quantify Fusarium graminearum wild-type and recombinant mutant DNA in plant material

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2006, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  54. Fusarium genomic resources: Tools to limit crop diseases and mycotoxin contamination

    Article • Mycopathologia, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  55. Biosynthesis ofFusarium mycotoxins and genomics ofFusarium verticillioides

    Article • Mycotoxin Research, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  56. Functional Analysis of the Polyketide Synthase Genes in the Filamentous Fungus Gibberella zeae (Anamorph Fusarium graminearum)

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, November 2005, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  57. Fusarium graminearum TRI14 Is Required for High Virulence and DON Production on Wheat but Not for DON Synthesis in Vitro

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Daren Brown

  58. Comparative analysis of 87,000 expressed sequence tags from the fumonisin-producing fungus Fusarium verticillioides

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  59. RNA Silencing of Mycotoxin Production in Aspergillus and Fusarium Species

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, June 2005, Scientific Societies

    Dr nancy p keller, Daren Brown

  60. Patterns of Trichothecene Production, Genetic Variability, and Virulence to Wheat of Fusarium graminearum from Smallholder Farms in Nepal

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Daren Brown

  61. Discontinuous distribution of fumonisin biosynthetic genes in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex

    Article • Mycological Research, July 2004, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  62. Deletion and Complementation of the Mating Type (MAT) Locus of the Wheat Head Blight Pathogen Gibberella zeae

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2004, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  63. Functional demarcation of the Fusarium core trichothecene gene cluster

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2004, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  64. Genomics of Economically Significant Aspergillus and Fusarium Species

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  65. Characterization of a Fusarium 2-Gene Cluster Involved in Trichothecene C-8 Modification

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Daren Brown

  66. Co-expression of 15 contiguous genes delineates a fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster in Gibberella moniliformis

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  67. Genetic Analysis of the Role of Trichothecene and Fumonisin Mycotoxins in the Virulence of Fusarium

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  68. Inactivation of a cytochrome P-450 is a determinant of trichothecene diversity in Fusarium species

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, August 2002, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  69. Genetic approaches to harvesting lichen products

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, September 2001, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  70. A Genetic and Biochemical Approach to Study Trichothecene Diversity in Fusarium sporotrichioides and Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  71. Cloning and heterologous expression of Solorina crocea pyrG

    Article • Current Genetics, May 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daren Brown

  72. Aspergillus has distinct fatty acid synthases for primary and secondary metabolism

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr nancy p keller, Daren Brown

  73. Twenty-five coregulated transcripts define a sterigmatocystin gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr nancy p keller, Daren Brown

  74. Isolation and Characterization of Sexual Spore Pigments from Aspergillus nidulans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 1994, ASM Journals

    Daren Brown

  75. Structural Elucidation of a Putative Conidial Pigment Intermediate in Aspergillus parasiticus

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1993, Elsevier

    Daren Brown

  76. Biosynthesis of p‐Hydroxylated Aromatics

    Article • Biotechnology Progress, May 1990, Wiley

    Daren Brown