Prusty Rao Lab
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Prusty Rao lab is interested in understanding the molecular and genetic basis of fungal pathogenesis. The ultimate research goal is to identify unique fungal genes as potential targets of antifungal agents of which few are currently known. There are two ongoing projects in this area (Project I and II) .
Because of the necessity of fermentation in the production of ethanol the lab’s expertise in yeast has also led to the collaborative project in the area of Biofuels.
Currently we are working on the following projects:
- PROJECT I. Genomic screen for Fungal virulence factors
- PROJECT II. The role of small molecule signaling in Fungal pathogenesis
- PROJECT III. Bio fuels
Lab News
Congratulations Charu on your poster presentation at the 2008, Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting. This is an international meeting held annually in the summer. This year it is hosted at the University of Toronto, Canada. http://www.yeast-meet.org/
Publications
Laskowski M, Biller S, Ken S ,Kajstura T and Prusty R (2006) Plant and Cell Physiology Expression Profiling of Auxin-Treated Arabidopsis Roots: Toward a Molecular Analysis of Lateral Root Emergence, Plant and cell physiology, 47(66): 788-7 |
Prusty R, Grisafi P, Fink GR. (2004) The plant hormone, Indole acetic acid, induces invasive growth in Saccharomycescerevisiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 101(12): 4153-57. |
Prusty R, Keil RL. (2004) SCH9, a putative kinase from Saccharomycescerevisiae, affects HOT1-stimulated recombination. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 272: 264-274. |
Ward TR*, Huong MJ*, Prusty R*, Lau CK, Keil RL, Fangman WL, Brewer BJ. (2000) Ribosomal DNA replication fork barrier and HOT1 recombination hot spot: shared sequences but independent activities. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 20(13): 4948-57. |
Defossez P, Prusty R, Kaeberlein M, Lin S, Ferrigno P, Silver PA, Keil RL, Guarente. L. (1999) Elimination of yeast replication block protein Fob1p extends the life span of mother cells. Molecular Cell, 3: 447-455. |
Peng T, Prusty R, Ngo W, Dickstein R. (1993) ENOD 8, a Medicago early nodulin gene, expressed in empty nodules. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, 6: 715-721. |
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