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Lawrence, Christopher , Ph.D.
Faculty - Publications - Lawrence, Christopher

Associate Professor, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

Phone: (540) 231-1907
Email:lawrence@vbi.vt.edu
Fax: 540-231-2606

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Publications:

2009


Cho Y, Kim K-H, La Rota M, et al. Identification of novel virulence factors associated with signal transduction pathways in Alternaria brassicicola. Molecular Microbiology. 2009;72:1316–1333.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2958.2009.06689.x

Dickman MB, Lawrence CB, J van K. Necrotrophic fungi: Live and let die. In: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi. ASM Press; 2009:In press.  

Kobayashi T, Iijima K, Radhakrishnan S, et al. Asthma-Related Environmental Fungus, Alternaria, Activates Dendritic Cells and Produces Potent Th2 Adjuvant Activity. The Journal of Immunology. 2009;182:2502–2510.  http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/182/4/2502

Kouzaki H, O'Grady SM, Lawrence CB, Kita H. Proteases Induce Production of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin by Airway Epithelial Cells through Protease-Activated Receptor-2. J Immunol. 2009;183:1427–1434.  http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/183/2/1427

Matsuwaki Y, Wada K, White TA, et al. Recognition of fungal protease activities induces cellular activation and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin release in human eosinophils. Journal of Immunology. 2009:In press.  

Wight W, Kim K-H, Lawrence CB, Walton JD. Biosynthesis and role in virulence of the histone deacetylase inhibitor depudecin from Alternaria brassicicola. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 2009:In press.  

2008


Craven KD, Velez H, Cho Y, Lawrence CB, Mitchell TK. Anastomosis Is Required for Virulence of the Fungal Necrotroph Alternaria brassicicola. Eukaryotic Cell. 2008;7:675–683.  http://ec.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/675

Lawrence CB, Mitchell TK, Craven KD, Cho Y, Cramer RAJ, Kim K-H. At Death's Door: Alternaria Pathogenicity Mechanisms. The Plant Pathology Journal. 2008;24:101–111.  

Willger SD, Puttikamonkul S, Kim K-H, et al. A Sterol-Regulatory Element Binding Protein Is Required for Cell Polarity, Hypoxia Adaptation, Azole Drug Resistance, and Virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Pathog. 2008;4:e1000200.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1000200

Yoon J, Ponikau JU, Lawrence CB, Kita H. Innate Antifungal Immunity of Human Eosinophils Mediated by a {beta}2 Integrin, CD11b. J Immunol. 2008;181:2907–2915.  http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/181/4/2907

2007


Cho Y, Cramer JRA, Kim K-H, et al. The Fus3/Kss1 MAP kinase homolog Amk1 regulates the expression of genes encoding hydrolytic enzymes in Alternaria brassicicola. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 2007;44:543–553.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WFV-4N08X6Y-1/2/15392b2a6cc398bd8a027854d75ac0d2

Kim KH, Cho Y, La Rota M, Cramer RA, Lawrence CB. Functional analysis of the Alternaria brassicicola non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene AbNPS2 reveals a role in conidial cell wall construction. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2007;8:23–39.  

2006


Cho YR, Davis JW, Kim KH, et al. A high throughput targeted gene disruption method for Alternaria brassicicola functional genomics using linear minimal element (LME) constructs. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2006;19:7–15.  

Cramer RA, La Rota CM, Cho Y, et al. Bioinformatic analysis of expressed sequence tags derived from a compatible Alternaria brassicicola-Brassica oleracea interaction. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2006;7:113–124.  

2005


Hong SG, Cramer RA, Lawrence CB, Pryor BM. Alt a 1 allergen homologs from Alternaria and related taxa: analysis of phylogenetic content and secondary structure. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 2005;42:119–129.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WFV-4DW98YY-3/2/265f1d644ab17c87ad9265abaf2be78f

2004


Cramer RA, Lawrence CB. Identification of Alternaria brassicicola genes expressed in planta during pathogenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 2004;41:115–128.  

Funnell DL, Lawrence CB, Pedersen JF, Schardl CL. Expression of the tobacco beta-1,3-glucanase gene, PR-2d, following induction of SAR with Peronospora tabacina. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 2004;65:285–296.  

Gent DH, Schwartz HF, Ishimaru CA, Louws FJ, Cramer RA, Lawrence CB. Polyphasic characterization of Xanthomonas strains from onion. Phytopathology. 2004;94:184–195.