Recent Publications
Fungal Research
Relevant Publications
Wang, L. and M. H. Perlin. 1998. Isolation of a novel gene (HSGc11) whose expression is apparently limited to the hyphal stage of Microbotryum violaceum. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159:206-212.
Shi, T.-L. and M.H. Perlin. 2001. The beta-tubulin-encoding gene from Microbotryum violaceum: unusual in a variety of ways. Curr. Genet. 39: 253-263
Freeman, A.B., Duong, K.K., Shi, T.-L., Hughes, C.F., and Perlin, M.H. 2002. Isolates of Microbotryum violaceum from North America are distinct from their European counterparts. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:158-170.
Smith, D.G., Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., Gold, S.E., and Perlin, M.H. 2003. Isolation and Characterization from Pathogenic Fungi of Genes encoding Methylammonium Permeases and their roles in Dimorphism. Mol. Micro. 50:259-275.
Smith,D., Hong, W., Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., Gold, S.E., and Perlin, M.H. 2004. A ste20 homologue in Ustilago maydis plays a role in dimorphism and pathogenicity. Euk. Cell 3:180-189.
Hughes, C.F., and M.H. Perlin. 2005. Differential expression of mepA, mepC, and smtE during growth and development of Microbotryum violaceum. Mycologia 97: 605-611.
Kämper, J., R. Kahmann, M. Bölker, B. J. Saville, F. Banuett, J. W. Kronstad, S. E. Gold, M.H. PERLIN et al. 2006. Living in pseudoharmony: the genome of the biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis. Nature, 444:97-101.
Klosterman, S.J., M. H. PERLIN, M. Garcia-Pedrajas, S. F. Covert and S. E. Gold. 2007. Genetics of morphogenesis and pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis. Adv Genet. 57:1-47.
Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., M. Nadal, L. B Kapa, M. H PERLIN, D. L. Andrews, S. E. Gold. 2008.DelsGate, a robust and rapid gene deletion construction method. Fungal Genetics Biol.45:379-388.
Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., M. Nadal, M. Bölker, S. E. Gold, M. H PERLIN. 2008. Sending mixed signals: Redundancy vs. uniqueness of signaling components in the plant pathogen, Ustilago maydis. Fungal Genetics Biol. 45 (Supplement 1):S22-S30.
Pham, C.D., Z, Yu, B. Sandrock, M. Bölker, S. E. Gold, and M. H. PERLIN. 2009.Ustilago maydis Rho1 and 14-3-3 homologues participate in pathways controlling cell separation and cell polarity. Eukaryot. Cell, 8:977-989.
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Relevant Publications
Dugatkin, L.A., M.H. Perlin and R.M. Atlas. 2003. The evolution of group-beneficial traits in the absence of between-group selection J. Theoret. Biol. 220:67-74.
Nurizzo, D., Shewry, S.C., Perlin, M.H., Brown, S.A., Dholakia, J.N., Fuchs, R.L., Dava, T., Baker, E.N., Smith, C.A. 2003. The crystal structure of aminoglycoside-3’-phosphotransferase-IIa, an enzyme responsible for antibiotic resistance. J. Mol. Biol. 327:491-506.
Dugatkin, L.A., Perlin, M.H., Lucas, J.S. and Atlas, R.M. 2005. Group-beneficial Traits, Frequency-Dependent Selection and Genotypic Diversity: An Antibiotic Resistance Paradigm . Proc. Roy. Soc. London. 272:79-83.
Dugatkin, L.A., M.H. Perlin,, and R.M. Atlas. 2005. Antibiotic resistance and the evolution of group-beneficial traits. II: A metapopulation model.J. Theoret. Biol. 236:392-6.
Dugatkin, L.A., Dugatkin, A.D., Atlas, R.M., Perlin, M.H. 2008 Cheating on the Edge. PLoSOne 3, e2763.
Clark, D.R., Alton, T.M., Bajorek, A., Holden, P., Dugatkin, L.A., Atlas, R.M. & Perlin, M.H. 2009 Evolution of altruists and cheaters in near-isogenic populations of Escherichia coli. Frontiers in BioSciences 14, 4815-4824.
Perlin, MH, D. R. Clark, C. McKenzie, H. Patel, N. Jackson, C. Kormanik, C. Powell, A. Bajorek, D. A. Myers, L. A. Dugatkin, and R. M. Atlas. 2009. Protection of Salmonella by ampicillin-resistant E. coli in the presence of otherwise lethal drug concentrations. Proc. Roy. Soc. London.
