Fred Dietrich, PhD
Associate Professor
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Representative Publications:

• Giles SS, Stajich JE, Nichols C, Gerrald QD, Alspaugh JA, Dietrich F, Perfect JR. (2006). The Cryptococcus neoformans catalase gene family and its role in antioxidant defense. Eukaryot Cell. Sep;5(9):1447-59.
  
  
• Cramer RA Jr, Stajich JS, Yamanaka Y, Dietrich FE, Steinbach WJ, Perfect JR. (2006). Phylogenomic analysis of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases in the genus Aspergillus. Gene Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print].
  
  
• Kavanaugh LA, Fraser JA, Dietrich FS. (2006). Evolution of the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans by intervarietal transfer of a 14-gene fragment. Mol Biol Evol. Oct;23(10):1879-90. [Epub 2006 Jul 26].
  
  
• Fraser JA, Lim SM, Diezmann S, Wenink EC, Arndt CG, Cox GM, Dietrich FS, Heitman J. (2006). Yeast diversity sampling on the San Juan Islands reveals no evidence for the spread of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak to this locale. FEMS Yeast Res. Jun;6(4):620-4.
  
  
• Stajich JE, Dietrich FS. (2006). Evidence of mRNA-mediated intron loss in the human-pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryot Cell. May;5(5):789-93.
  
  
• Stajich JE, Dietrich FS. Evidence of mRNA-mediated intron loss in the human-pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryot Cell. (2006). May;5(5):789-93.
  
  
• Allen A, Stajich JE, Dietrich FS, Perfect JR, Heitman J. Same-sex mating and the origin of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak. Nature. 2005 Oct 27;437(7063):1360-4. Epub 2005 Oct 9.
  
  
• Zhang Z and Dietrich FS. (2005). Identification and characterization of upstream open reading frames (uORF) in the 5' untranslated regions (UTR) of genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Current Genetics 13:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]

• Hall C, Brachat S, and Dietrich FS. (2005). Contribution of horizontal gene transfer to the evolution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryotic Cell 4:1102-1115.
  
  
• Zhang Z and Dietrich FS. (2005). Mapping of transcription start sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using 5' SAGE. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:2838-2851.

• Campbell LT, Fraser JA, Nichols CB, Dietrich FS, Carter D, and Heitman J. (2005). Clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Australia that retain sexual fecundity. Eukaryotic Cell 4:1410-1419.
  
  
• Fraser JA, Diezmann S, Subaran RL, Allen A, Lengeler KB, Dietrich FS, Heitman J. (2004). Convergent evolution of chromosomal sex-determining regions in the animal and fungal kingdoms. PLOS Biology 12:0001-0013.
  

• Kraus PR, Boily M-J, Giles SS, Stajich JE, Allen A. Cox GM, Dietrich FS, Perfect JR, Heitman J. (2004). Identification of Cryptococcus neoformans temperature-regulated genes with a genomic-DNA microarray. Eukaryotic Cell Oct 1249-1260.
  
  
• Dietrich FS, Voegeli S, Brachat S, Lerch A, Gates K, Steiner S, Mohr C, Pohlmann R, Luedi P, Choi S, Wing RA, Flavier A, Gaffney TD, Philippsen P. (2004). The Ashbya gossypii genome as a tool for mapping the ancient Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. Science Apr8:304(5668)304-307.
  
  
• Toffaletti DL, Nielsen K, Dietrich FS, Heitman J, and Perfect JR. (2004). Cryptococcus neoformans mitochondiral genomes from serotype A and D strains do not influence viurlence. Current Genetics 46:193-204.
  
  
• Brachat S, Dietrich FS, Voegeli S, Zhang Z, Stuart L, Lerch A. (2003). Reinvestigation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome annotation by comparison to the genome of a related fungus: Ashbya gossypii. Genome Biology 4:R45, Epub 2003 Jun 25.
  
  
• Zhang Z, Dietrich F. (2003). Verification of a new gene on Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome III. Yeast 20(8): 731-738.
  
  
• Toffaletti DL, Dei Poeta M, Rude TH, Dietrich F, Perfect JR. (2003). Regulation of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX 1) expression in Cryptococcus by temperature and host environment. Microbiology. April 149(Pt4):1041-1049.
  
  
• Jarvis ED, Smith VA, Wada K, Rivas MV, McElroy M, Smulders TV, Carninici P, Hayashizaki Y, Dietrich F, Wu X, McConnell P, Yu J, Want PP, Haremink AF, Lin S. (2002) A framework for integrating the songbird brain. J. Comp Physiology Nov 15 Review.
  
  
• Lengeler KB, Fox DS, Fraser JA, Allen A, Forrester K, Dietrich F, Heitman J. (2002) The mating type locus of Cryptococcus neoforms: a step in the evolution of sex chromosomes. Eukaryotic Cell 1:704-718.
  
  
• Alberti-Sequi C, Dietrich F, Altmann-Johl R, Heopfner D, Phippsen P. (2001). Cytoplasmic dynein is required to oppose the force that moves nuclei towards the hyphal tip in the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii. J. Cell. Scince 114:975-986.
  
  
• Ayad-Durieux Y, Knechtle P, Dietrich F, Philippsen P. (2000). A PAK-like protein kinase is required for maturation of young hyphae and septation in the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii. J. Cell. Science 113:4563-4575.
  
  
• Wendland, J., Pohlmann, R., Dietrich, F., Steiner, S., Mohr, C., Philippsen, P. (1999). Compact organization of rRNA genes in the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. Current Genetics 35:618-625.
  
  
• Winzeler, E.A., et al. (1999). Functional Characterization of the S. cerevisiae genome by gene deletion and parallel analysis. Science 5429: 901-906.
  
  
• Dietrich, F.S., Mulligan, J., Hennessy, K., Yelton, M.A., et al. (1997). The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome V. Nature 387:(6632 suppl) 78-81.
  
  
• Bussey, H., et al. (1997). The nucelotide sequence of Sacchromyces cerevisiae chromosome XVI. Nature 387 (6632 suppl): 103-105.
  
  
• Oefner, P.J., Hunicke-Smith, S.P., Chiang, L., Dietrich, F., Mulligan, J., Davis, R.W. (1996). Efficient random subcloning of DNA sheared in a recirculating point-sink flow system. Nucleic Acids Res. 24: 3879-3886.