Egan Lab - Fungal Cell Biology

University of Arkansas, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Publications

Dulal, N., Rogers, A.M., Proko, R., Bieger, B.D., Liyanage, R., Krishnamurthi, V.R., Wang, Y., Egan, M.J. (2021) Turgor-dependent and coronin-mediated F-actin dynamics drive septin disc-to-ring remodeling in the blast fungus. Journal of Cell Science, online accepted manuscript

Bieger, B.D., Osmani, A.H., Xiang, X., Egan, M.J. (2021) The spindle pole-body localization of activated cytoplasmic dynein is cell cycle-dependent in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 148: 103519

Rogers, A.M., and Egan, M.J. (2020) Autophagy machinery promotes the chaperone-mediated formation and compartmentalization of protein aggregates during appressorium development by the rice blast fungus. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31:21  2298-2305

Bieger, B.D., Rogers, A.M., Bates, S., and Egan, M.J. (2020) Long-distance early endosome motility in Aspergillus fumigatus promotes normal hyphal growth behaviors in controlled microenvironments but is dispensible for virulence. Traffic, 21:  479-487

Dulal, N., Rogers, A., Wang, Y., Egan, M.J., (2020) Dynamic assembly of higher-order septin structure during appressorium morphogenesis by the rice blast fungus. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 140:  103385 

Salogiannis, J., Egan, M.J., Reck-Peterson, S.L (2016) Peroxisomes move by hitchhiking on early endosomes using the novel linker protein PxdA The Journal of Cell Biology, 212: 289-296. 

[This work was highlighted by Short, B (2016) PdxA helps peroxisomes hitch a ride. The Journal of Cell Biology, 212: 258] 

Egan, M.J*., McClintock, M.A*., Hollyer, I.H, Elliot, H. Reck-Peterson, S.L (2015) Cytoplasmic dynein is required for the spatial organization of protein aggregates in filamentous fungi. Cell Reports, 11: 201-209 

*Authors contributed equally to this work

Tan, K., Roberts, A.J., Chonofsky, M., Egan, M.J., Reck-Peterson, S.L (2014) A Microscopy-based Screen Employing Multiplex Genome Sequencing Identifies Cargo-Specific Requirements for Dynein Velocity. Molecular Biology of the Cell. mbc.E13-09-0557

Egan, M.J., McClintock, M.A., Reck-Peterson, S.L (2012) Microtubule-based transport in filamentous fungi. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 15: 637-645

Egan, M.J., Tan, K. Reck-Peterson, S.L. (2012) Lis1 is an initiation factor for dynein-driven organelle transport. The Journal of Cell Biology 197: 971-982.

[This work was highlighted by Leslie, M (2012) Lis1 cuts its work short. The Journal of Cell Biology 197 (7): 852]  

Jones, M.D., Forn, I., Gadelha, C., Egan, M.J., Bass, D., Massana, R., Richards, T.A. (2011) Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life. Nature 474: 200-203.

Egan, M.J., and Talbot, N.J. (2008) Genomes, free radicals and plant cell invasion: recent developments in plant pathogenic fungi. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11: 367–372.

Egan, M.J., Wang, Z-Y., Jones, M.A., Smirnoff, N., Talbot, N.J. (2007) Generation of reactive oxygen species by fungal NADPH oxidases is required for rice blast disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104: 11772-11777.

[This was work was featured in Nature, Research Highlights, 448, 228-229]

Veneault-Fourrey, C., Barooah, M., Egan, M.J., Wakley, G., Talbot, N.J. (2006) Autophagic fungal cell death is necessary for infection by the rice blast fungus. Science 312: 580-583.

Tucker, S.L. Thornton, C.R., Tasker, K., Jacob, C., Giles, G., Egan, M.J., Talbot, N.J. (2004) A fungal metallothionein is required for pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea. The Plant Cell 16: 1575-1588.