Research
The major focus of research in the Yarden lab is the study of molecular mechanisms involved in fungal growth and development. We are currently focusing on the study of cell wall biosynthesis and on involvement of protein phosphorylation in the regulation of hyphal elongation and branching. More recently, we have been studying fungi in their natural environment (including soil and in association with plants and sessile marine animals) and their interactions with other species. We are taking advantage of genetic and biochemical tools developed for such studies, in different fungi, in order to advance our knowledge of fungal biology. We hope that a better understanding of such processes, some of which are unique to fungi, may provide a basis for designing rational approaches to either affect fungal proliferation or enhance specific traits of fungi used in biotechnology.
Current members of the Yarden lab top^
PhD candidates
- Hila Shomin
"Involvement of protein phosphatases in regulation of the COT1 pathway in Neurospora crassa" - Tomer Gershon
(in collaboration with the Freeman lab - ARO)
"Mechanisms of Colletotrichum acutatum pathogenicity on strawberry" - Liat Koch
"Antifungal properties of marine sponge-associated fungi" -
Doriv Knop
(in collaboration with the Hadar lab)
"The manganese peroxidase profile of Pleurotus ostreatus". - Tomer Meir Salame
(in collaboration with the Hadar lab)
"Manipulation of manganese peroxidase in Pleurotus ostreatus" - Liran Aharoni
"COT1 interacting proteins in Neurospora crassa" - Daria Feldman
(in collaboration with the Hadar lab)
“Biofuel producing fungi: Mechanisms of tolerance/degradation of inhibitory compounds generated via pre-treatment”
MSc candidates
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Gidi Orgil
(in collaboration with the Cohen lab ARO)
"The biology and genetics of Fusarium crown rot of melon and cucumber" -
Avihai Zolti
"Role of ptp1 in development and pathogenesis of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum" -
Inbal Herold
"Interactions between cot-1 and chitin synthases in Neurospora crassa" -
Sarah Baum
"Spore adhesion and sphingolipid content in marine Trichoderma spp."
Undergraduate project student
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Carmit Ginesin
“Post translational modifications of COT1”
Former students top^
Former students from the Yarden lab have found positions in academia and research institutes (e.g., Israel Institute for Biological Research, The Hebrew Univ., Tel-Aviv Univ., EMBL) in BioTech and MedTech industries (e.g., Novartis, Hazera Genetics, Sigma Chem. Co., XTLbio etc.) and at the Ministry of Health. The following is a list of former students from the Yarden lab:
- Nava Weiss (MSc, 1995)
- Shlomo Oved (MSc, 1996 Summa cum laude)
- Galit Segev (MSc, 1997)
- Ronit Greenberg (MSc, 1997)
- Sarit Tabak (MSc, 1997)
- Ravit Lerental (MSc, 1997)
- Dr. June Kopelowitz (Post-doctoral fellow, 1997)
- Oded Erner (MSc, 1998)
- Yaniv Rotem (PhD, 1998)
- Einat Yatzkan (PhD, 1999 Summa cum laude)
- Adi Beth-Din (PhD, 1999)
- Vered Ziv (MSc, 1999)
- Inbal Jona (Yassur) (MSc, 1999)
- Oded Babai (MSc, 1999)
- Oshrat Propheta (MSc, 2000)
- Shlomo Bakshi (MSc, 2000)
- Gil Arbel (MSc, 2000)
- Aryeh Harel (MSc, 2001 Summa cum laude)
- Roni Cohen (PhD, 2002)
- Naama Cohen (MSc, 2003)
- Alexander Zelter (PhD, 2003)
- Emanuel Cohen (MSc, 2004 Summa cum laude)
- Maya Pompan (MSc, 2004)
- Nourit Cohen (MSc., 2004 Summa cum laude)
- Eli Reuveni (MSc., 2004)
- Michal Efrat (MSc., 2004)
- Haya Sandori (MSc., 2004)
- Noam Alkan (MSc., 2005)
- Sally Bercovitch (MSc., 2005)
- Aryeh Harel (PhD, 2006)
- Maggie Levy (Post-doc, 2006)
- Ariel Erental (MSc., 2006 Summa cum laude)
- Keren Haddad (MSc., 2007)
- Sigal Horowitz (PhD, 2007)
- Zipora Resheat-Eini (PhD, 2007)
- Hila Shomin (MSc, 2007)
- Efrat Dvash (MSc, 2008 Summa cum laude)
- Zahi Paz (post-doc, 2008)
- Carmit Ziv (PhD, 2009)
- Galia Kra-Oz (MSc, 2009 Summa cum laude)
- Lena Hazanov (MSc, 2009 Summa cum laude)
- Pavel Minkov (MSc, 2010)
- Tali Zviran (MSc, 2010)
- Youlia Denisov (PhD, 2010)
- Inbal Gal-Hemed (MSc., 2011)
- Doriv Knop (MSc, 2011)
- Bikash Bhattarai (MSc, 2011)
- Liran Aharoni (MSc, 2012)
- Carmit Ziv (Post-doc, 2012)
- Shiri Shamir (MSc, 2012)
- Daria Feldman (MSc, 2012, Summa cum laude)
- Dana Tal (MSc, 2012)
Coursestop^
71502 - Introduction to Plant Pathology
course site
71514 - Selected Topics in Plant Pathology
course site
71929 - Molecular Aspects of Fungal Biology and
Plant Fungus Interactions
course site
Publications
2012top^
Salame, T., Knop, D., Tal, D., Levinson, D., Yarden, O. and Hadar, Y. 2012. A gene-targeting system for Pleurotus ostreatus: Demonstrating the predominance of versatile-peroxidase (mnp4) by gene replacement. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78: 5341-5352 (featured on the cover)
Salame, T., Knop, D., Tal, D., Levinson, D., Mabjeesh, S.J., Yarden, O. and Hadar, Y. 2012. Release of Pleurotus ostreatus versatile-peroxidase from Mn2+ repression enhances anthropogenic and natural substrate degradation. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52446. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052446.
Ferandez-Fueyo, E., Ruiz-Duenas, F., Ferreira, P., Floudas, D., Hibbett, D., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L., James, T., Seelenfreund, D., Lobos, S., Polanco, R., Tello, M., Honda, Y., Watanabe, T., Jae San, R., Kubicek, C., Schmoll, M., Gaskell, J., Hammel, K., St. John, F., Vanden Wymelenberg, A., Sabat, G., Splinter BonDurant, S., Syed, K., Yadav, J., Doddapaneni, H., Subramanian, V., Laven, J., Oguiza, J., Perez, G., Pisabarro, A., Ramirez, L., Santoyo, F., Master, E., Coutinho, P., Henrissat, B., Lombard, V., Magnuson, J., Kues, U., Hori, C., Igarashi, K., Samejima, M., Held, B., Barry, K., LaButti, K., Lapidus, A., Lindquist, E., Lucas, S., Riley, R., Salamov, A., Hoffmeister, D., Schwenk, D., Hadar, Y., Yarden, O., de Vries, R., Wiebenga, A., Stenlid, J., Eastwood, D., Grigoriev, I., Berka, R., Blanchette, R., Kersten, P., Martinez, A., Vicuna, R., and Cullen, D. 2012. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 109:5458-5463.
Lang-Yona, N., Dannemiller, K., Yamamoto, N., Peccia, J., Yarden, O., Burshtein, N. and Rudich, Y. 2012. Annual distribution of allergenic fungal spores in atmospheric particulate matter in the eastern Mediterranean; A comparative study between ergosterol and quantitative PCR analysis. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 12:2681-2690.
2011top^
Kapri-Pardes, E., Haviv, H., Mahmoud, Y., Ilan, M., Khalfin-Penigel, I., Carmeli, S., Yarden, O. and Karlish, S.J.D. 2011. Stabilization of the α2 isoform of Na,K-ATPase by mutations in a phospholipid binding pocket. J. Biol. Chem. 286:42888-42899 abstract
Bardea, A., Burshtein, N., Rudich, Y., Salame, T., Ziv, C., Yarden, O. and Naaman, R. Sensitive detection and identification of DNA and RNA using a patterned capillary tube (PCT). Anal. Chem. 83:9418-9423 abstract
Amselem, J., Cuomo, C.A. , van Kan, J.A.L., Viaud, M., Benito, E.P., Couloux, A., Coutinho, P.M., de Vries, R.P., Dyer, P.S., Fillinger, S., Fournier, E., Gout, L., Hahn, M., Kohn, L., Lapalu, N., Plummer, K.M., Pradier, J.-M., Quévillon, E., Sharon, A., Simon, A., ten Have, A., Tudzynski, B., Tudzynski, P., Wincker, P., Andrew, M., Anthouard, V., Beffa, R., Benoit, I., Bouzid, O., Chen, Z., Choquer, M., Collémare, J., Cotton, P., Danchin, E.G., Da Silva, C., Gautier, A., Giraud, C., Giraud, T., Gonzalez, C., Grossetete, S., Güldener, U., Henrissat, B., Howlett, B., Kodira, C., Kretschmer, M., Lappartient, A., Leroch, M., Levis, C., Mauceli, E., Neuvéglise, C., Oeser, B., Pearson, M., Poulain, J., Poussereau, N., Quesneville, H., Rascle, C., Schumacher, J., Ségurens, B., Sexton, A., Silva, E., Sirven, C., Soanes, D.M., Talbot, N.J., Yandava, C., Yarden, O., Zeng, Q., Rollins, J.A., Lebrun, M.-H., Dickman, M.B. 2011. Genomic analysis of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea. PLOS Genetics 7: e1002230. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002230.
Denisov, Y. Yarden, O. and Freeman, S. 2011. The transcription factor SNT2 is involved in fungal respiration and reactive oxidative stress in Fusarium oxysporum and Neurospora crassa. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 2011: 76: 137-143
Gal-Hemed, I., Atanasova, L., Komon-Zelazowska, M., Druzhinina, I.S., Viterbo, A. and Yarden, O. 2011. Marine isolates of Trichoderma as potential halotolerant agents of biological control for arid-zone agriculture. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:5100-5109 abstract
Cohen, E., Koch, L., Myint Thu, K., Rahamim, Y., Aluma, Y., Ilan, M., Yarden, O. and Carmeli, S. 2011. Novel terpenoids of the fungus Aspergillus insuetus isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Psammocinia sp. collected along the coast of Israel. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 19:6587-6593 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.05.0450
Costantino, V., Mangoni, A., Teta, R., Kra-Oz, G. and Yarden, O. 2011. Neurosporaside, a tetraglycosylated sphingolipid from Neurospora crassa. J. Nat. Prod. 74:554-558
Riquelme, M., Yarden, O., Bartinicki-Garcia, S., Bowman, B., Castro-Longoria, E., Free, S., Felissner, A., Freitag, M., Lew, R.R., Mourino-Perez, R., Plamann, M., Rasmussen, C., Richthammerj, C., Roberson, R.W., Sanchez-Leon, E., Seiler, S. and Waters, M.K., 2011. Architecture and development of the Neurospora crassa hypha - a model cell for polarized growth. Fung. Biol.115:446-474 doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.008
Salame, T.M., Ziv, C., Hadar, Y. and Yarden, O. 2011. RNAi as a potential tool for biotechnological applications. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 89:501-512 abstract.
Denisov, Y., Freeman, S. and Yarden, O. 2011. Inactivation of Snt2, a BAH/PHD-containing transcription factor, impairs pathogenicity and increases autophagosome abundance in Fusarium oxysporum. Mol. Plant Pathol. 12:449-461 abstract
2010top^
Osherov, N. and Yarden, O. 2010. The fungal cell wall. Pages 224-237 in: Borkovich, K.A. and Ebbole, D.J. (eds). Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi. American Society of Microbiology Press.
Ziv, C. and Yarden, O. 2010. Gene silencing for functional analysis: Assessing RNAi as a tool for manipulation of gene expression. Pages 77-100 in: Sharon, A. (ed) Molecular Biology Methods for Fungi. Humana Press.
Paz, Z., Komon-Zelazowska, M., Druzhinina, I.S., Aveskamp, M.M., Schnaiderman, A. Aluma, A., Carmeli, S., Ilan, M. and Yarden, O. 2010. Diversity and potential antifungal properties of fungi associated with a Mediterranean sponge. Fung. Divers. 42:17-26 article
Dvash, E. Kra-Oz, G. Ziv, C. Carmeli, S. and Yarden, O. 2010. The NDR kinase DBF-2 is involved in regulation of mitosis, conidial development and glycogen metabolism in Neurospora crassa. Eukaryot. Cell 9:502-513 pubmed
Salame, T.H., Yarden, O. and Hadar, Y. 2010. Pleurotus ostreatus manganese-dependent peroxidase silencing impairs decolorization of Orange II. Microb. Biotech. 3:93-106. abstract
2009top^
Ziv, C., Kra-Oz, G., Gorovits, R., Maerz, S., Seiler, S. and Yarden, O. 2009. Cell elongation and branching are regulated by differential phosphorylation states of the NDR kinase COT1 in Neurospora crassa. Mol. Microbiol. 74:974-989 pubmed
Maerz, S. Dettmann, A., Ziv, C., Liu, Y., Valerius, O., Yarden, O. and Seiler, S. 2009. MOB1-DBF2 and MOB2A/2B-COT1 function as distinct modules during septation and tip growth in Neurospora crassa. Mol. Microbiol. 74:707-723. pubmed
Gellerman, G., Pariente, N., Paz, Z., Shnaiderman, A and Yarden, O. 2009. Synthesis and antifungal activity of -trifluroalkyl aminovinylketone derivatives. J. Agric. Fd. Chem. 57:8303-8307. pubmed
Ein-Gil, N., Ilan, M., Carmeli, S., Smith, G.W. Pawlik, J.R. and Yarden, O. 2009. Presence of Aspergillus sydowii, a pathogen of gorgonian sea-fans in the marine sponge Spongia obscura ISME J. 3:752-755. pubmed
Aly, R., Cholakh, H., Joel, D.M., Leibman, D., Steinitz, B., Zelcer, A., Naglis, A., Yarden, O. and Gal-On, A.. 2009 Gene silencing of mannose 6-phosphate reductase in the parasitic weed Orobanche aegyptiaca through the production of homologous dsRNA sequences in the host. Plant Biotech. J. 7:487-498. pubmed
2008top^
Levy, M., Erental, A. and Yarden, O. 2008. Efficient gene replacement and direct hyphal transformation in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Mol. Plant Pathol. 9:719-725. pubmed
Maerz, S., Ziv, C., Vogt, N., Helmstaedt, K., Cohen, N., Gorovits, R., Yarden, O. and Seiler, S. 2008. The Ndr kinase COT1, and the MAP kinases MAK1 and MAK2 genetically interact to regulate filamentous growth, hyphal fusion and sexual development in Neurospora crassa. Genetics 179:1313-1325. pubmed
Resheat-Eini, Z., Zelter, A., Gorovits, R., Read, N.D. and Yarden, O. 2008. The Neurospora crassa colonial temperature sensitive 2, 4 and 5 (cot-2, cot-4 and cot-5) genes encode regulatory and structural proteins required for hyphal elongation and branching. Fungal Genet. Rep. 55:32-36. web
Erental, A., Dickman, M. and Yarden, O. 2008. Sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Awakening molecular analysis of a "dormant" structure. Fung. Biol. Rev. 22:6-16.
Horowitz Brown, S., Yarden, O., Gollop, N., Chen, S., Zveibil, A., Belausov, E. Freeman, S. 2008. Differential protein expression in Colletotrichum acutatum: changes associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitrogen starvation implicated in pathogenicity on strawberry. Mol. Plant Pathol. 9:171-190.
Ziv, C., Gorovits, R. and Yarden, O. 2008. Carbon Source affects PKA-dependent polarity of Neurospora crassa in a CRE-1-dependent and independent manner. Fung. Genet. Biol. 45:103-116. pdf
2007top^
Lotan-Pompan, M., Cohen, R. Yarden, O. Portnoy, V., Burger, Y. and Katzir, N. 2007. Trifluralin herbicide-induced resistance of melon to Fusarium wilt involves expression of stress- and defense-related genes. Mol. Plant Pathol. 8:9-22. pdf
Yarden, O. 2007. Model systems for studying the biology of filamentous fungi - rumors of their death should be postponed. Phytoparasitica 35:111-115. pdf
Yarden, O., Ainsworth, T.D., Roff, G., Leggat, W., Fine, M. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2007. Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:2755-2757. pdf
Erental, A., Harel, A. and Yarden, O. 2007. Type 2A phosphoprotein phosphatase is required for asexual development and pathogenesis of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 20:944-954. pdf
Gerlitz, G., Livnat, I., Ziv, C., Yarden, O., Bustin, M. and Reiner, O. 2007. Migration cues induce chromatin alterations. Traffic 8:1521-1529. pdf
2006top^
Harel, A., Bercovich,S. and Yarden, O. 2006. Calcineurin is required for sclerotial development and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in an oxalic acid-independent manner. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19:682-693. pdf
Horowitz, S., Freeman, S., Zveibil,A. and Yarden, O. 2006. A defect in nir1, a nirA-like transcription factor, confers morphological abnormalities and loss of pathogenicity in Colletotrichum acutatum. Mol. Plant Pathol. 7:341-354. pdf
Divon H.H., Ziv C., Davydov O., Yarden O. and Fluhr R. 2006. The global nitrogen regulator, FNR1, regulates fungal nutrition-genes and fitness during Fusarium oxysporum pathogenesis. Mol. Plant Pathol.7:485-497. pdf
Seiler,S., Vogt, N., Ziv, C., Gorovits,R., and Yarden, O. 2006. The STE20/germinal center kinase POD6 interacts with the NDR kinaseCOT1 and is involved in polar tip extension in a motor protein-dependent mannerin Neurospora crassa. Mol. Biol. Cell 17:4070-4082. pdf
2005top^
Reuveni, E., Leshkowitz, D. and Yarden, O. 2005. BioCloneDB: a database application to manage DNA sequence and gene expression data. Appl. Bioinformat. 4:277-280.
Harel, A., Gorovits, R. and Yarden, O. 2005. Changes in protein kinase A activity accompany sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Phytopathology 95:397-404. pdf
Denisov, D., Yarden, O. and Freeman, S. 2005. Impaired purine biosythesis affects pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 112:293-297. pdf
Gesner, S., Cohen, N., Ilan, M., Yarden, O. and Carmeli, S. 2005. Pandangolide 1a, a new metabolite of the sponge-associated fungus Cladosporium sp. and the absolute stereochemistry of Pandangolide 1 and iso-Cladospolide B. J. Nat. Prod. 68:1350-1353. pdf
Kerem, Z., German-Shashoua, H. and Yarden, O. 2004. Microwave-assisted
extraction of bioactive saponins from chickpea (Cicer arietinum
L.). J. Sci Food Agri. 85:406-412.
pdf
Scheffer, J., Ziv, C., Yarden, O. and Tudzynski, P. 2004. The
COT1
homologue CPCOT1 regulates polar growth and branching and is essential
for pathogenicity in Claviceps purpurea. Fung. Genet. Biol.
42:107-118. pdf
2004top^
Yarden, O. 2004. Cell Biology of Hyphae. pages 1-8 in: Arora, D.K (ed.) Handbook of Fungal Biotechnology. Marcel Dekker, New York.
Borkovich, K.A., Alex, L.A., Yarden, O., Freitag, M., Turner, G.E., Read, N.D., Seiler, S., Bell-Pedersen, D., Paietta, J., Plesofsky, N., Plamann, M., Goodrich-Tanrikulu, M. Schulte, U., Mannhaupt, G., Nargang, F.E., Radford, A., Selitrennikoff, C., Galagan, J.E., Dunlap, J.C., Loros, J.J., Catcheside, D., Inoue, H., Aramayo, R., Polymenis, M., Selker, E.U., Sachs, M.S., Marzluf, G.A., Paulsen, I., Davis, R., Ebbole, D.J., Zelter, A., Kalkman, E., ORourke, R., Bowring, F., Yeadon, J., Ishii, C., Suzuki, K., Sakai, W. and Pratt, R. 2004. Lessons from the genome sequence of Neurospora crassa: Tracing the path from genomic blueprint to multicellular organism. Microbiol. Molec. Biol. Rev. 68:1-108. abstract pdf
Chen, C., Harel, A., Gorovits, R., Yarden, O. and Dickman, M. 2004. MAPK regulation of sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is linked with pH and cAMP sensing. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 17:404-413. abstract pdf
Alkan, N., Gadkar, V., Coburn, J., Yarden, O. and Kapulnik, Y. 2004. Quantification of the AM fungus Glomus intraradices in host tissue using real-time PCR. New Phytol. 161:877-885. abstract pdf
Yang, Y., He, Q., Cheng, P., Wrage, P., Yarden, O. and Liu, Y. 2004. Distinct roles for PP1 and PP2A in the Neurospora circadian clock. Genes Develop. 18:255-260. abstract pdf
Horowitz, S., Yarden, O. Zveibil, A. and Freeman, S. 2004. Development of a robust screening method for pathogenicity of Colletotrichum species on strawberry seedlings enabling forward genetic studies. Plant Dis. 88:845-851. pdf
Nir-Paz, R., Strahilevitz, J., Shapiro, M., Keller, N., Goldschmied-Reouven, A., Yarden, O., Block, C and Polacheck, I. 2004. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of infections caused by Fusarium species: a collaborative study from Israel. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42:3456-3461. abstract pdf
Zelter, A, Bencina, M., Bowman, B.W., Yarden, O. and Read, N.D. 2004. A comparative genomic analysis of the calcium signaling machinery in Neurospora crassa, Magnaporthe grisea, Aspergillus fumigatus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fung. Genet. Biol. 41:827-841. abstract pdf
2003top^
Galagan, J., Calvo, S., Borkovich, K., Selker, E., Read, N.D., FitzHugh,W., Ma, L.-J., Smirnov, S., Purcell, S., Rehman, B., Elkins, T., Engels, R., Wang. S., Nielsen, C.B., Butler, J., Jaffe, D., Endrizzi, M., Qui, D., PIanakiev, P., Bell-Pedersen, D., Nelson, M.A., Werner-Washburne, M., Selitrennikoff, C.P., Kinsey, J.A., Braun, E.L., Zelter, A., Schulte, U., Kothe, G.O., Jedd, G., Mewes. W., Staben, C., Marcotte, E., Greenberg, D., Roy, A., Foley, K., Naylor, J., Stange-Thomann, N., Barrett, R., Gnerre, S., Kamal, M., Kamvysselis, M., Bielke, C., Rudd, S., Frishman, D., Krystofova, S., Rasmussen, C., Metzenberg, R.L., Perkins, D.D., Kroken, S., Catcheside, D., Li, W., Pratt, R.J., Osmani, S.A., DeSouza, C.P.C., Glass, L., Orbach, M.J., Berglund, J.A., Voelker, R., Yarden, O., Plamann, M., Seiler, S., Dunlap, J., Radford, A., Aramayo, R., Natvig, D.O., Alex, L.A., Mannhaupt, G., Ebbole, D.J., Freitag, M., Paulsen, I., Sachs, M.S, Lander, E.S, Nusbaum, C., Birren, B. (2003). The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Nature 422: 859-868. abstract pdf
Zeke, T., Szr, B., K¢kai, E., Yatzkan, E., Yarden, O., Szir k, K., Fehr, Z., Gergely, P. and Dombr di, V. 2003. Expression of protein phosphatase 1 during the asexual development of Neurospora crassa. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 134:161-170. abstract pdf
Gorovits, R. and Yarden, O. 2003. Environmental suppression of Neurospora crassa cot-1 hyperbranching: a link between COT1 kinase and stress-sensing. Eukaryot. Cell 2:699-707. abstract
Yarden, O., Ebbole, D.J., Freeman, S., Rodriguez, R.J. and Dickman, M.B. 2003. Fungal Biology and Agriculture: Revisiting the Field. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 16:859-866. abstract pdf
2002top^
Cohen, R., Persky, L., Hazan-Eitan, Z., Yarden, O. and Hadar, Y. 2002.Mn2+ alters peroxidase profiles and lignin degradation by the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus under different nutritional and growth conditions. Appl. Biochem. Biotech. 102:415-429 abstract
Cohen, R., Yarden, O. and Hadar, Y. 2002. Lignocellulose affects Mn2+ regulation of peroxidase transcript levels in solid state cultures of Pleurotus ostreatus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3156-3158. abstract pdf
Yarden, A. and Yarden, O. 2002. Cooperative class preparation of
a
problem awareness file promotes meaningful learning among undergraduate
students. J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 32:114-119.
2001top^
Propheta, O., Vierula, J., Toporowski, P., Gorovits, R. and Yarden, O. 2001. The Neurospora crassa colonial temperature-sensitive 3 (cot-3) gene encodes protein elongation factor 2. Mol. Gen. Genet. 6:894-901. abstract pdf
Lavid, N., Schwartz, A., Yarden, O. and Tel-Or, E. 2001. The involvement of ployphenols and peroxidase activities in heavy-metal accumulation by epidermal glands of the waterlily (Nymphaeaceae). Planta 212:323-331. abstract pdf
Cohen, R., Hadar, Y. and Yarden, O. 2001. Transcript and activity levels of different Pleurotus ostreatus peroxidases are differentially affected by Mn2+. Environ. Microbiol. 3:312-322. abstract pdf
Bakshi, S., Sztejnberg, A. and Yarden, O. 2001. Characterization of a cold-tolerant strain of Fusarium proliferatum, a biocontrol agent of grape downy mildew. Phytopathology 91:1062-1068.
2000top^
Beth-Din, A. and Yarden, O. 2000. The Neurospora crassa
chs-3 gene encodes an essential class I chitin synthase.
Mycologia 92:6573.
Gorovits, R., Sjollema, K.A., Sietsma, J.H. and Yarden, O. 2000. Cellular distribution of COT1 kinase in Neurospora crassa. Fung. Genet. Biol. 30:63-70. abstract pdf
1999top^
Yatzkan, E. and Yarden O. 1999. The B regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A is involved in different developmental stages in Neurospora crassa. Mol. Microbiol. 31:197-210. abstract
Yatzkan, E., Dombradi, V. and Yarden, O. 1999. Detection of a
protein phosphatase 2A holoenzyme in Neurospora crassa.
Fung. Genet. Newslt. 46:32-33. Rotem, Y., Yarden, O. and Sztejnberg, A.
1999. The mycoparasite Ampelomyces quisqualis expresses exgA,
encoding an exo-b-1,3 glucanase, in culture and during mycoparasitism.
Phytopathology 89:631-638.
Gorovits, R., Propheta, O., Kolot, M., Dombradi, V., and Yarden, O. 1999. A mutation within the catalytic domain of COT1 kinase confers changes in the presence of two COT1 isoforms and in Ser/Thr protein kinase and phosphatase activities in Neurospora crassa. Fung. Genet. Biol. 27:264-274. abstract
McDonald, B.A., Zhan, J., Yarden, O., Hogan, K., Garton, J. and
Pettway, R.E. 1999. The population genetics of Mycosphaerella
graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici) and Phaeosphaeria
nodorum (anamorph Stagonospora nodorum). pp 44-69 In:
Lucas, J.A, Bowyer, P. and Anderson, H.M. (eds.) Septoria on Cereals: A
Study of Pathosystems. CAB International, Wallingford United Kingdom.
Yarden, O. and Russo, V.E.A. 1999. Genetic and environmental
influence on development of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa.
pp 67-82 In: Russo, V.E.A., Cove, D., Edgar, L., Jaenisch, R. and
Salamini, F. (eds.). Development-Genetics, Epigenetics and
Environmental Regulation. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Dickman, M.B. and Yarden, O. 1999. Ser/Thr kinases and phosphatases in filamentous fungi. Fungal Genet. Biol. 26:99-117. abstract pdf
1998top^
Gamliel, A. and Yarden, O. 1998. Diversification of diseases
affecting herb crops in Israel accompanies the increase in herb crop
production. Phytoparasitica 26:53-58.
pdf
Lauter, F.-R., Marchfelder, U., Russo, V.E.A., Yamashiro, C.T., Yatzkan, E. and Yarden, O. 1998. Photoregulation of cot-1, a kinase-encoding gene involved in hyphal growth in Neurospora crassa. Fung. Genet. Biol. 23:300-310. abstract pdf
Yatzkan, E., Szoor, B., Feher, Z., Dombradi, V. and Yarden, O. 1998. Protein phosphatase 2A is involved in hyphal growth of Neurospora crassa. Mol. Gen Genet. 259:523-531. abstract pdf
Szoor, B., Feher, Z., Zeke, Y., Gergely, P., Yarden, O., and Dombradi, Z. 1998. pzl-1 encodes a novel protein phosphatase-Z-like Ser/Thr phosphatase in Neurospora crassa. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1388:260-266. abstract pdf
1997top^
Prokisch, H., Yarden, O., Mischler, M., Tropschug, M. and Barthelmess, I.B. 1997. Impairment of calcineurin function in Neurospora crassa reveals its essential role for hyphal growth, morphology and maintenance of the apical Ca2+-gradient. Mol. Gen. Genet. 256:104-114. abstract pdf
Yatzkan, E. and Yarden, O. 1997. ppt-1, a Neurospora crassa PPT/PP5 subfamily serine/threonine protein phosphatase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1353:18-22 abstract pdf
1996top^
Weiss, N. Sztejnberg, A. and Yarden, O. 1996. The chsA gene, encoding a class I chitin synthase from Ampelomyces quisqualis. Gene 168:99-102. abstract pdf
Yarden, O. and Russo, V.E.A. 1996. Changes in chitin deposition
accompany runner hyphae branching of Gaeumannomyces graminis in
culture. Mycol. Res. 100:444-448.
Beth Din, A., Specht, C.A., Robbins, P.W. and Yarden, O. 1996. chs-4, a class IV chitin synthase from Neurospora crassa. Mol. Gen. Genet. 250:214-222. abstract pdf
Ostersetzer, O., Tabak, S., Yarden, O., Shapira, R. and Adam, Z. 1996. Immunological detection of homologs to bacterial proteases in higher plant chloroplasts. Eur. J. Biochem. 236:932-936. abstract
Cohen, R., Katzir, N., Schreiber, S., Greenberg, R. and Yarden, O.
1996. Occurrence of Sphaerotheca fuliginea race 3 on
cucurbits in Israel. Plant Dis. 80:344.
Sietsma, J.H., Beth Din, A., Ziv, V., Sjollema, K.A. and Yarden, O. 1996. Membranous vesicles (chitosomes) are involved in chitin synthase compartmentalization and trafficking in Neurospora crassa. Microbiology 142:1591-1596. abstract
Buhr, T.L., Oved, S., Truesdell, G.M., Huang, C., Yarden, O. and Dickman, M.B. 1996. TB3, a glutamine-rich kinase-encoding gene from Colletotrichum trifolii complements the cot-1 mutant of Neurospora crassa. Mol. Gen. Genet. 251:565-572. abstract pdf
Additional publications from previous yearstop^
Yatzkan, E. and Yarden, O. 1995. Inactivation of a single type 2A phosphoprotein phosphatase is lethal in Neurospora crassa. Curr. Genet. 28:458-466. abstract
Beth Din, A. and Yarden, O. 1994. The Neurospora crassa chs-2
gene encodes a non-essential chitin synthase. Microbiology
140:2189-2197.
abstract
Yarden, O. and Katan, T. 1993. Mutations leading to substitutions
at
amino acids 198 and 200 of beta tubulin that correlate with
benomyl-resistance phenotypes of field strains of Botrytis cinerea.
Phytopathology 83:1478-1483.
Yarden, O., Plamann, M.D., Ebbole, D.J. and Yanofsky, C. 1992. cot-1, a gene of Neurospora crassa required for hyphal elongation, encodes a protein kinase. EMBO J. 11:2159-2166. abstract
Yarden, O. and Yanofsky, C. 1991. Chitin synthase 1 plays a major role in cell wall biogenesis in Neurospora crassa. Genes and Develop. 5:2420-2430. abstract
