Recent Publications

    2011

  • Porman, A.M., Alby, K., Hirakawa, M., and Bennett, R.J. (2011) Discovery of a phenotypic switch regulating sexual mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida tropicalis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108: 21158-63. PMC3248515.
  • Lin, C.H., Choi, A.C., and Bennett, R.J. (2011) Defining Pheromone-Receptor Signaling in Candida albicans and Related Asexual Candida Species. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22: 4918-30.
  • Alby, K., and Bennett, R.J. (2011) Inter-species pheromone signaling promotes biofilm formation and same-sex mating in Candida albicans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108: 2510-5.

    • 2010

  • Alby, K., Schaefer, D., Sherwood, R.K., and Bennett, R.J. (2010) Identification of a cell death pathway in Candida albicans during the response to mating pheromones. Eukaryotic Cell. 9: 1690-1701.
  • Bennett, R.J., and Dunny, G.M. (2010) Analogous Telesensing Pathways Regulate Mating and Virulence in Two Opportunistic Human Pathogens. mBio. 1: e00181-10.
  • Bennett, R.J. (2010) Coming of Age – Sexual Reproduction in Candida species. PLoS Pathogens (Pearl). 6: e1001155.
  • Alby, K., and Bennett, R.J. (2010) Sexual Reproduction in the Candida clade: cryptic cycles, diverse mechanisms, and alternative functions. Cell. Mol. Life Sciences. 67: 3275-3285.

    • 2009

  • Ene, I., and Bennett, R.J. (2009) Hwp1 and Related Adhesins Contribute to Both Mating and Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans. Eukaryotic Cell. 8: 245-249.
  • Bennett, R.J. (2009) A Candida-based view of fungal sex and pathogenesis. Genome Biology 10:230.
  • Alby, K., Schaefer, D., and Bennett, R.J. (2009) Homothallic and Heterothallic mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans. Nature 460:890-893.
  • Alby, K. and Bennett, R.J. (2009) To Switch or Not to Switch? Communicative and Integrative Biology. 2:6, 1-3.
  • Bennett, R.J. (2009) A microbiologist wonders what turns us on? Journal Club. Nature, 461: 15.
  • Sherwood, R. and and Bennett, R.J. (2009) Fungal Meiosis and Parasexual Reproduction - Lessons from Pathogenic Yeast. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 12: 599-607.
  • Alby, K. and Bennett, R.J. (2009) Stress-Induced Phenotypic Switching in Candida albicans. Mol. Biol. Cell. 20: 3178-91.

    • 2008

  • Sherwood, R.K., and Bennett R.J. (2008) The Microtubule Motor Protein Kar3 is Required for Normal Mitotic Division and Morphogenesis in Candida albicans. Eukaryotic Cell. 7: 1460-1474.
  • Forche, A., Schaefer, D., Alby, K., Johnson, A.D., Berman, J. and Bennett, R.J. (2008) The Parasexual Cycle in Candida albicans Provides an Alternative Pathway to Meiosis for the Formation of Recombinant Strains. PLoS Biology. 6: e110.

    • 2007

  • Schaefer, D, Cote, P, Whiteway, M, and Bennett, RJ (2007) Barrier Activity in Candida albicans Mediates Pheromone Degradation and Promotes Mating. Eukaryotic Cell. 6: 907-918.

    • 2006

  • Bennett, RJ, and Johnson, AD (2006) The role of nutrient regulation and the Gpa2 protein in the mating pheromone response of C. albicans. Mol. Microbiol. 62: 100-119.

    • 2005

  • Bennett RJ, Johnson AD, Mating in Candida albicans and the Search for a Sexual Cycle. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2005 May 23.
  • Bennett RJ, Miller MG, Chua PR, Maxon ME, Johnson AD. Nuclear fusion occurs during mating in Candida albicans and is dependent on the KAR3 gene. Mol Microbiol. 2005 Feb;55(4):1046-59.

    • 2004

  • Bennett RJ, Keck JL. Structure and function of RecQ DNA helicases.Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 2004 Mar-Apr;39(2):79-97. Review.

    • 2003

  • Bennett RJ, Uhl MA, Miller MG, Johnson AD. Identification and characterization of a Candida albicans mating pheromone. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Nov;23(22):8189-201