Raymond St. Leger
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- Bachelors Biology University of Oxford
- Masters Entomology University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Raymond J. St. Leger is an American mycologist, entomologist, molecular biologist and biotechnologist who currently holds the rank of Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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- Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics of the Model Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum (2011) (565)
- Genomic perspectives on the evolution of fungal entomopathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana (2012) (523)
- Metarhizium spp., cosmopolitan insect-pathogenic fungi: mycological aspects. (2004) (431)
- Construction of an improved mycoinsecticide overexpressing a toxic protease. (1996) (394)
- Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional chinese medicine (2011) (355)
- Field Studies Using a Recombinant Mycoinsecticide (Metarhizium anisopliae) Reveal that It Is Rhizosphere Competent (2002) (304)
- The MAD1 Adhesin of Metarhizium anisopliae Links Adhesion with Blastospore Production and Virulence to Insects, and the MAD2 Adhesin Enables Attachment to Plants (2007) (277)
- A collagenous protective coat enables Metarhizium anisopliae to evade insect immune responses. (2006) (258)
- Development of Transgenic Fungi That Kill Human Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes (2011) (244)
- Trajectory and genomic determinants of fungal-pathogen speciation and host adaptation (2014) (231)
- Adaptation of proteases and carbohydrates of saprophytic, phytopathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi to the requirements of their ecological niches. (1997) (226)
- A scorpion neurotoxin increases the potency of a fungal insecticide (2007) (221)
- Cuticle-degrading enzymes of entomopathogenic fungi: Synthesis in culture on cuticle (1986) (213)
- Molecular cloning and regulatory analysis of the cuticle-degrading-protease structural gene from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (1992) (204)
- Characterization of cuticle-degrading proteases produced by the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae. (1987) (203)
- Lack of Host Specialization inAspergillus flavus (2000) (199)
- Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests (2009) (188)
- The Role of Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes in Fungal Pathogenesis in Insects (1991) (183)
- The Metarhizium anisopliae Perilipin Homolog MPL1 Regulates Lipid Metabolism, Appressorial Turgor Pressure, and Virulence* (2007) (176)
- Cuticle-degrading enzymes of entomopathogenic fungi: cuticle degradation in vitro by enzymes from entomopathogens (1986) (176)
- Ambient pH Is a Major Determinant in the Expression of Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes and Hydrophobin by Metarhizium anisopliae (1998) (175)
- Cuticle-degrading Enzymes of Entomopathogenic Fungi: Regulation of Production of Chitinolytic Enzymes (1986) (174)
- Expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis of two subspecies of Metarhizium anisopliae reveals a plethora of secreted proteins with potential activity in insect hosts. (2003) (170)
- Differential gene expression by Metarhizium anisopliae growing in root exudate and host (Manduca sexta) cuticle or hemolymph reveals mechanisms of physiological adaptation. (2005) (168)
- Role of extracellular chymoelastase in the virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae for Manduca sexta (1988) (154)
- The role of cuticle-degrading proteases in fungal pathogenesis of insects (1995) (154)
- Fungal Peptide Destruxin A Plays a Specific Role in Suppressing the Innate Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster* (2007) (149)
- Productionin vitro of appressoria by the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae (1989) (142)
- Cloning and regulatory analysis of starvation-stress gene, ssgA, encoding a hydrophobin-like protein from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae. (1992) (141)
- Reconstructing the diversification of subtilisins in the pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (2004) (140)
- The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae alters ambient pH, allowing extracellular protease production and activity. (1999) (140)
- Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana. (2009) (139)
- Developmental and Transcriptional Responses to Host and Nonhost Cuticles by the Specific Locust Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (2005) (138)
- Variation in gene expression patterns as the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae adapts to different host cuticles or nutrient deprivation in vitro. (2005) (138)
- Prepenetration events during infection of host cuticle by (1991) (138)
- Ultrastructural Localization of a Cuticle-degrading Protease Produced by the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae during Penetration of Host (Manduca sexto) Cuticle (1989) (136)
- Cuticle-degrading enzymes of entomopathogenic fungi: Mechanisms of interaction between pathogen enzymes and insect cuticle (1986) (134)
- Biochemical characterization and ultrastructural localization of two extracellular trypsins produced by Metarhizium anisopliae in infected insect cuticles (1996) (131)
- Isoforms of the cuticle-degrading Pr1 proteinase and production of a metalloproteinase by Metarhizium anisopliae. (1994) (126)
- World-wide distribution of genetic variation among isolates of Beauveria spp. (1992) (125)
- Differentiation of species and strains of entomopathogenic fungi by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) (1994) (118)
- The plant beneficial effects of Metarhizium species correlate with their association with roots (2014) (118)
- Genome survey uncovers the secrets of sex and lifestyle in caterpillar fungus (2013) (117)
- Protein kinase A regulates production of virulence determinants by the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae. (2009) (113)
- Insect Immunity to Entomopathogenic Fungi. (2016) (112)
- Studies on adaptations of Metarhizium anisopliae to life in the soil (2008) (102)
- Cloning of a cuticle-degrading protease from the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana. (1995) (94)
- Entomopathogenic Isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana, and Aspergillus flavus Produce Multiple Extracellular Chitinase Isozymes (1993) (91)
- Synthesis of proteins including a cuticle-degrading protease during differentiation of the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae (1989) (91)
- The Insect Pathogens. (2017) (88)
- The rhizosphere-competent entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae expresses a specific subset of genes in plant root exudate. (2011) (88)
- The effect of melanization of Manduca sexta cuticle on growth and infection by Metarhizium anisopliae (1988) (88)
- MOS1 Osmosensor of Metarhizium anisopliae Is Required for Adaptation to Insect Host Hemolymph (2007) (87)
- Increased pathogenicity against coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Metarhizium anisopliae expressing the scorpion toxin (AaIT) gene. (2008) (84)
- Studies on adaptations of Metarhizium anisopliae to life in the soil. (2008) (84)
- Use of fluorochromes in the study of fungal cytology and differentiation (1989) (80)
- Distribution of chymoelastases and trypsin-like enzymes in five species of entomopathogenic deuteromycetes. (1987) (80)
- Transformants of Metarhizium anisopliae sf. anisopliae overexpressing chitinase from Metarhizium anisopliae sf. acridum show early induction of native chitinase but are not altered in pathogenicity to Manduca sexta. (2001) (79)
- Colony sectorization of Metarhizium anisopliae is a sign of ageing. (2005) (75)
- Prospects for strain improvement of fungal pathogens of insects and weeds. (2001) (73)
- Metarhizium robertsii produces indole-3-acetic acid, which promotes root growth in Arabidopsis and enhances virulence to insects. (2017) (70)
- Enhanced UV Resistance and Improved Killing of Malaria Mosquitoes by Photolyase Transgenic Entomopathogenic Fungi (2012) (70)
- Stress is the rule rather than the exception for Metarhizium (2015) (69)
- Insertion of an Esterase Gene into a Specific Locust Pathogen (Metarhizium acridum) Enables It to Infect Caterpillars (2011) (67)
- Nuclear rDNA phylogeny in the fungal genus Verticillium and its relationship to insect and plant virulence, extracellular proteases and carbohydrases. (1999) (66)
- Advances in Genomics of Entomopathogenic Fungi. (2016) (66)
- Genetically engineering better fungal biopesticides. (2018) (65)
- A laccase exclusively expressed by Metarhizium anisopliae during isotropic growth is involved in pigmentation, tolerance to abiotic stresses and virulence. (2010) (64)
- Transgenic Metarhizium rapidly kills mosquitoes in a malaria-endemic region of Burkina Faso (2019) (63)
- Enhancing biocontrol agents and handling risks. (2001) (63)
- The rodlet layer from aerial and submerged conidia of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana contains hydrophobin (1995) (62)
- Host-to-Pathogen Gene Transfer Facilitated Infection of Insects by a Pathogenic Fungus (2014) (60)
- Strain improvement of fungal insecticides for controlling insect pests and vector-borne diseases. (2012) (60)
- A model to explain differentiation of appressoria by germlings of (1991) (57)
- Unveiling the mechanism by which microsporidian parasites prevent locust swarm behavior (2014) (57)
- Mrt, a Gene Unique to Fungi, Encodes an Oligosaccharide Transporter and Facilitates Rhizosphere Competency in Metarhizium robertsii1[C][W] (2010) (56)
- Overexpression of a Metarhizium robertsii HSP25 gene increases thermotolerance and survival in soil (2013) (55)
- Mrt, a gene unique to fungi, encodes an oligosaccharide transporter and facilitates rhizosphere competency in Metarhizium robertsii. (2011) (55)
- EST analysis of genes expressed by the zygomycete pathogen Conidiobolus coronatus during growth on insect cuticle. (2003) (53)
- Cloning, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of MeCPA, a Zinc Carboxypeptidase That Is Secreted into Infected Tissues by the Fungal Entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae* (1999) (53)
- Isolation of a cDNA encoding a novel subtilisin-like protease (Pr1B) from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae using differential display-RT-PCR. (1997) (52)
- The genetic basis for variation in resistance to infection in the Drosophila melanogaster genetic reference panel (2017) (52)
- Antifungal and insecticidal properties of the efrapeptins: Metabolites of the fungus (1991) (51)
- New perspectives on insect pathogens (2011) (50)
- Co-transformation of Metarhizium anisopliae by electroporation or using the gene gun to produce stable GUS transformants (1995) (50)
- Regulation of production of proteolytic enzymes by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (1988) (50)
- Pathogenicity and growth of Metarhizium anisopliae stably transformed to benomyl resistance (1990) (48)
- Horizontal gene transfer allowed the emergence of broad host range entomopathogens (2019) (47)
- Calcium- and Calmodulin-mediated Protein Synthesis and Protein Phosphorylation during Germination, Growth and Protease Production by Metarhizium anisopliae (1989) (47)
- The MrCYP52 Cytochrome P450 Monoxygenase Gene of Metarhizium robertsii Is Important for Utilizing Insect Epicuticular Hydrocarbons (2011) (46)
- Stereochemical elucidation and total synthesis of dihydropacidamycin D, a semisynthetic pacidamycin. (2001) (46)
- Second messenger involvement in differentiation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (1990) (46)
- Local adaptation of an introduced transgenic insect fungal pathogen due to new beneficial mutations (2011) (45)
- MECHANISMS OF DEUTEROMYCETE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN GRASSHOPPERS AND LOCUSTS: AN OVERVIEW (1997) (45)
- Changes in translatable mRNA species associated with nutrient deprivation and protease synthesis in Metarhizium anisopliae (1991) (43)
- Cloning, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of a Fungal Chymotrypsin (2000) (43)
- RNA binding proteins mediate the ability of a fungus to adapt to the cold. (2010) (43)
- Construction of a Hypervirulent and Specific Mycoinsecticide for Locust Control (2014) (42)
- Pyruvate Accumulation Is the First Line of Cell Defense against Heat Stress in a Fungus (2017) (42)
- Metarhizium: jack of all trades, master of many (2020) (41)
- Germination triggers of Metarhizium anisopliae conidia are related to host species (1994) (39)
- Characterization of a novel carboxypeptidase produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (1994) (39)
- Metarhizium robertsii Produces an Extracellular Invertase (MrINV) That Plays a Pivotal Role in Rhizospheric Interactions and Root Colonization (2013) (38)
- Comparative Genomics Using Microarrays Reveals Divergence and Loss of Virulence-Associated Genes in Host-Specific Strains of the Insect Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae (2009) (36)
- Analysis of aminopeptidase and dipeptidylpeptidase IV from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (1993) (35)
- Engineering improved mycoinsecticides (1997) (34)
- Associated links among mtDNA glycation, oxidative stress and colony sectorization in Metarhizium anisopliae. (2008) (34)
- Fate of biological control introductions: monitoring an Australian fungal pathogen of grasshoppers in North America. (1996) (31)
- Protein synthesis in Metarhizium anisopliae growing on host cuticle (1995) (30)
- Improved efficacy of an arthropod toxin expressing fungus against insecticide-resistant malaria-vector mosquitoes (2017) (29)
- Alternative transcription start site selection in Mr-OPY2 controls lifestyle transitions in the fungus Metarhizium robertsii (2017) (29)
- Inhibition of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato in vitro by the bed bug defensive secretions (E)-2-hexenal and (E)-2-octenal (2015) (28)
- An inner cell wall protein (cwp1) from conidia of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. (1995) (28)
- Identification of Drosophila Mutants Affecting Defense to an Entomopathogenic Fungus (2015) (26)
- Entomopathonic fungi and the genomics era. (2009) (26)
- Simple and efficient recycling of fungal selectable marker genes with the Cre-loxP recombination system via anastomosis. (2013) (24)
- Novel GTP-binding proteins in plasma membranes of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (1989) (22)
- Metabolite Production by Entomopathogenic Fungi (1992) (22)
- Protein kinases in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. (1990) (21)
- Native entomopathogenic Metarhizium spp. from Burkina Faso and their virulence against the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii and non-target insects (2018) (20)
- Analysis of a genomic clone of hydrophobin (ssgA) from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (2001) (20)
- Genome‐wide identification of pathogenicity, conidiation and colony sectorization genes in Metarhizium robertsii (2017) (20)
- Cloning, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of a Fungal Chymotrypsin EVIDENCE FOR LATERAL GENE TRANSFER FROM AN ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIUM* (2000) (19)
- In vitro utilization of mucin, lung polymers, plant cell walls and insect cuticle by Aspergillus fumigatus , Metarhizium anisopliae and Haematonectria haematococca (2000) (18)
- Lithium an emerging contaminant: bioavailability, effects on protein expression, and homeostasis disruption in short-term exposure of rainbow trout. (2015) (18)
- Stress‐induced pyruvate accumulation contributes to cross protection in a fungus (2018) (18)
- Induction of Novel Proteins inManduca sextaandBlaberus giganteusas a Response to Fungal Challenge (1997) (17)
- Chapter VIII-3 – The application of molecular techniques to insect pathology with emphasis on entomopathogenic fungi (1997) (16)
- METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING BIOINSECTICIDAL HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS (2007) (16)
- A review of progress toward field application of transgenic mosquitocidal entomopathogenic fungi. (2019) (15)
- Utilization of alkanes by entomopathogenic fungi (1988) (15)
- Exposure of Bed Bugs to Metarhizium anisopliae at Different Humidities (2014) (15)
- Transgenic Metarhizium pingshaense synergistically ameliorates pyrethroid-resistance in wild-caught, malaria-vector mosquitoes (2018) (13)
- Genomics of Entomopathogenic Fungi (2013) (13)
- The secretome and chemistry of Metarhizium; a genus of entomopathogenic fungi (2019) (12)
- Going gentle into that pathogen-induced goodnight. (2020) (11)
- Cloned DNA probes distinguish endemic and exotic Entomophaga grylli fungal pathotype infections in grasshopper life stages (1997) (11)
- Genetics and molecular biology of entomopathogenic fungi (2016) (11)
- Enzymatic characterization of entomopathogens with the API ZYM system (1986) (11)
- Multiple aminopeptidases produced by Metarhizium anisopliae (1995) (9)
- Not all GMOs are crop plants: non-plant GMO applications in agriculture (2014) (8)
- Reveal that It Is Rhizosphere Competent ) Metarhizium anisopliae Mycoinsecticide ( Field Studies Using a Recombinant (2002) (7)
- Insects and their pathogens in a changing climate. (2021) (7)
- Electrophoretic detection of multiple protein kinases in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (1990) (6)
- The partial characterisation of endoproteases and exoproteases from three species of entomopathogenic entomophthorales and two species of deuteromycetes (1990) (6)
- Damage to Fungi From Solar/UV Exposure and Genetic and Molecular-biology Approaches to Mitigation (2002) (6)
- Nuclear events during germination and appressorial formation of the entomopathogenic fungus Zoophthora radicans (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) (1991) (6)
- The electroreduction of halogenated thiophenes (1985) (5)
- Metarhizium: an opportunistic middleman for multitrophic lifestyles. (2022) (4)
- Strategies for Genetic Engineering of Fungal Entomopathogens (1988) (4)
- Genetic modification for improvement of virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae as a microbial insecticide. (2007) (4)
- Stress is the rule rather than the exception for Metarhizium (2014) (3)
- Bioremediation of mercury-polluted soil and water by the plant symbiotic fungus Metarhizium robertsii. (2022) (3)
- Fungi for the Biocontrol of Insects: Tools and Trends (1992) (3)
- Genetic variation for resistance to the specific fly pathogen Entomophthora muscae (2020) (2)
- Society for Invertebrate Pathology 2009 Founders' Lecture: Donald W. Roberts--50 years of leadership in insect pathology. (2010) (1)
- Native entomopathogenic Metarhizium spp. from Burkina Faso and their virulence against the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii and non-target insects (2018) (1)
- Engineering fungi to kill malaria mosquitoes (2019) (1)
- The plant beneficial effects of Metarhizium species correlate with their association with roots (2014) (1)
- Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional chinese medicine (2011) (1)
- Improved efficacy of an arthropod toxin expressing fungus against insecticide-resistant malaria-vector mosquitoes (2017) (0)
- From the Lab to the Last Mile: Deploying Transgenic Approaches Against Mosquitoes (2021) (0)
- Inhibition of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato in vitro by the bed bug defensive secretions (E)-2-hexenal and (E)-2-octenal (2015) (0)
- Metarhizium anisopliae Hydrophobin by Expression of Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes and Ambient pH Is a Major Determinant in the (1998) (0)
- Overexpression of a Metarhizium robertsii HSP25 gene increases thermotolerance and survival in soil (2013) (0)
- Not all GMOs are crop plants: non-plant GMO applications in agriculture (2013) (0)
- Cuticle-Degrading Endopeptidase (2013) (0)
- A model to explain differentiation of appressoria by the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae. (1990) (0)
- Alternative transcription start site selection in Mr-OPY2 controls lifestyle transitions in the fungus Metarhizium robertsii (2017) (0)
- Regulate GM fungi to protect ecosystems—Response (2019) (0)
- Entomopathogenic fungi: recent basic and applied research (1989) (0)
- Society for Invertebrate Pathology 2009 Founders’ Lecture (2010) (0)
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