Myung, K., Li, S., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R., Abbas, H.K., Calvo, A.M. 2009. FvVE1 Regulates Biosynthesis of the Mycotixins and Fumonisins and Fusarims verticillioides. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. DOI:10.1021/jf900783u.
Desjardins, A.E., Proctor, R., Busman, M. 2008. Biological and chemical complexity of Fusarium proliferatum [abstract]. International Congress of Plant Pathology.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Proctor, R., Busman, M., Woloshuk, C.P., Bluhm, B.H., Kim, H. 2008. Altered expression of polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters in fumonisin-deficient mutants of Fusarium verticillioides [abstract]. Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology.
Proctor, R., Mc Cormick, S.P., Alexander, N.J., Desjardins, A.E. 2008. Variation in nucleotide sequence of TRI1 in 13 trichothecene-producing species of Fusarium: evidence for a complex evolutionary history of a mycotoxin biosynthetic locus [abstract]. European Conference on Fungal Genetics. p. 29.
Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Manandhar, G., Jarosz, A.M., Manandhar, H.K., Proctor, R. 2008. Gibberella ear rot of maize (zea mays) in Nepal: Distribution of the mycotoxins nivalenol and deoxynivalenol in naturally and experimentally infected maize. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 56(13):5428-5436.
Glenn, A.E., Zitomer, N.C., Zimeri, A.M., Williams, L.D., Riley, R.T., Proctor, R. 2008. Transformation-mediated complementation of a FUM gene cluster deletion in Fusarium verticillioides restores both fumonisin production and pathogenecity on maize seedlings. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 21-87-97.
Proctor, R., Busman, M., Seo, J., Lee, Y., Plattner, R.D. 2008. A fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster in Fusarium oxysporum strain O-1890 and the genetic basis of B versus C fumonisin production. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 45:1016-1026. Available: www.elsevier.com/locate/yfgbi.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Proctor, R. 2007. Fusarium genomics: Polyketide synthases and mRNA alternative splicing [abstract]. Multicrop Aflatoxin/Elimination and Fungal Genetics Workshop. p. 38.
Desjardins, A.E., Proctor, R., Busman, M. 2008. Biological and chemical complexity of Fusarium proliferatum [abstract]. International Congress on Plant Pathology.
Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Muhitch, M.J., Proctor, R. 2007. Complementary host-pathogen genetic analyses of the role of fumonisins in the Zea mays-Gibberella moniliformis seedling interaction. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 70(4-6):149-160.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Moretti, A. 2007. Functional characterization, sequence comparisons and distribution of a polyketide synthase gene required for perithecial pigmentation in some Fusarium species. Journal of Food Additives & Contaminants. 24(10):1076-1087.
Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Proctor, R., Stessman, R.J. 2007. Wheat kernel black point and fumonisin contamination by Fusarium proliferatum. Journal of Food Additives & Contaminants. 24(10):1131-1137.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Busman, M. 2007. Characterization of polyketide synthase genes in the genus Fusarium [abstract]. XV European Mycological Congress. p. 282.
Glenn, A.E., Zitomer, N.C., Riley, R.T., Proctor, R. 2007. Characterization and complementation of a fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster deletion in banana isolates of Fusarium verticillioides. Phytopathology. 97:S41.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2007. The Fusarium verticillioides FUM gene cluster encodes a Zn(II)2Cys6 protein that affects FUM gene expression and fumonisin production. Eukaryotic Cell. 6:1210-1218.
Proctor, R., Busman, M., Plattner, R.D. 2007. Characterization of a fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster in fusarium oxysporum strain O-1890 [abstract]. Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 105.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W. 2007. Characterization of a putative fusarin mycotoxin biosynthetic gene cluster in fusarium [abstract]. Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 105.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2007. Characterization of the fumonisin biosynthetic regulatory gene FUM21 and multiple alternative splice forms [abstract]. Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 121.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Proctor, R. 2007. Validation of DNA microarrays derived from the Fusarium verticillioides gene index [abstract]. Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 82.
Desjardins, A.E., Proctor, R. 2006. Molecular biology of Fusarium mycotoxins [abstract]. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Workshop. Paper No. 7.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Kendra, D.F., Proctor, R. 2006. Genomic analysis of Fusarium verticillioides [abstract]. 10th U.S. Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UJNR) International Symposium on Toxic Microorganisms. Talk #8.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2006. Novel regulation of Fumonisin biosynthesis by Fusarium verticillioides via a Zn(II)2Cys6 transcriptional factor [abstract]. World Mycotoxin Fourth Conference. Poster 1.
Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Proctor, R., Stessman, R.J. 2006. Wheat kernel black point and fumonisin contamination by Fusarium Proliferatum [abstract]. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum. p. 57.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2006. ESTs provide unique insight to fumonisin regulatory gene fum21 [abstract]. Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop. p. 42.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2006. Identification and characterization of regulators of FUM gene expression [abstract]. Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop. p. 36.
Desjardins, A.E., Plattner, R.D., Shaner, G., Brown, D.W., Buechley, G., Proctor, R., Turgeon, B. 2006. Field release of Gibberella Zeae genetically modified to lack ascospores [abstract]. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum. p. 39.
Bhatnagar, D., Proctor, R., Payne, G.A., Wilkinson, J.R., Yu, J., Cleveland, T.E., Nierman, W.C. 2006. Genomics of Mycotoxigenic Fungi. In: Barug, D., Bhatnagar, D., van Egmond, H.P., van der Kamp, J.W., van Osenbruggen, W.A. Visconti, A., editors. The Mycotoxin Factbook. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 400 p.
Li, S., Myung, K., Guse, D., Donkin, B., Proctor, R., Grayburn, W.S., Calvo, A.M. 2006. FvVE1 regulates filamentous growth, the ratio of microconidia to macroconidia and cell wall formation in Fusarium verticillioides. Molecular Microbiology. 62(5):1418-1432.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2006. Expressed sequence tags (ests), fum cluster transcription factor and microarrays [abstract]. The Institute for Genomic Research. Talk #1.
Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Maragos, C.M., Stessman, R.J., Proctor, R. 2006. The role of fusarium biodiversity in plant pathogenicity and biological control [abstract]. Mycological International Conference. p. 42.
Desjardins, A.E., Maragos, C.M., Proctor, R. 2006. Maize ear rot and moniliformin contamination by cryptic species of Fusarium subglutinans. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 54(19):7383-7390.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Busman, M., Plattner, R.D. 2006. Microarray evidence for gene clusters involved in polyketide biosynthesis in the fumonisin-producing fungus fusarium verticillioides. Mycological International Conference. p. 35.
Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Busman, M., Proctor, R. 2006. Fumonisin biosynthesis by fusarium verticillioides is regulated by a unique zn(ii)2cys6 transcriptional factor [abstract]. Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Busman, M., Plattner, R.D. 2006. Characterization of polyketide synthase genes from fusarium verticillioides [abstract]. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting. 96:S95.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Busman, M., Plattner, R.D. 2006. Fusarium genomics as a tool to control mycotoxins [abstract]. 47th Annual Corn Dry Milling Conference. p. 5.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Proctor, R. 2006. Fumonisin mycotoxin biosynthesis, genetics and genomics in fusarium verticillioides [abstract]. 8th International Mycological Congress. p. 266.
Proctor, R.H., Plattner, R.D., Desjardins, A.E., Busman, M., Butchko, R.A.E. 2006. Fumonisin production in the corn pathogen Fusarium verticillioides: the genetic basis of naturally occurring chemical variation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemisty. 54:2424-2430.
Zaleta-Rivera, K., Xu,C., Yu, F., Butchko, R.A.E., Proctor, R.H., Lara, M.E.H., Raza, A., Dussault, P.H., Du, L. 2006. A bidomain nonribosomal peptide synthetase encoded by FUM14 catalyzes the formation of tricarballylic esters in the biosynthesis of fumonisin. Journal of Biochemistry. 45:2561-2569.
Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Plattner, R.D., Busman, M., Brown, D.W., Desjardins, A.E. 2005. Polyketide synthases in fusarium verticillioides: potential targets to control fumonisin contamination in corn [abstract]. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Fungal Genomics, 5th Annual Multi-Crop Fumonisin, and 17th Annual Aflatoxin Elimination Workshops. p. 58.
McCormick, S.P., Alexander, N.J., Proctor, R. H. 2006. Heterologous expression of two trichothecene P450 genes in Fusarium verticillioides. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 52:220-226.
Gaffoor, I., Brown, D.W., Plattner, R.D., Proctor, R., Qi, W., Trail, F. 2005. Functional analysis of the polyketide synthase genes in the filamentous fungus Gibberella zeae (anamorph Fusarium graminearum). Eukaryotic Cell.
4(11):1926-1933.
Mc Cormick, S.P., Alexander, N.J., Proctor, R. 2005. Heterologous expression of fusarium trichothecene p450 genes [abstract]. Phytochemical Society of North America Proceedings. p. 68.
Alexander, N.J., Mc Cormick, S.P., Larson, T.M., Proctor, R.H., Desjardins, A.E. 2005. Genetic control of trichothecene biosynthesis in fusarium. American Phytopathological Society. 95(6):S124.
Brown, D.W., Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Cheung, F., Town, C., Kendra, D.F. 2005. Characterization of Fusarium verticillioides alternatively spliced and other ESTs [abstract]. Proceedings of the 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 189.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Proctor, R. 2005. In silico subtraction of Fusarium verticillioides EST libraries to identify potential transcriptional regulators of the FUM gene cluster [abstract]. Proceedings of the 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. p. 190.
Gaffoor, I., Brown, D.W., Plattner, R.D., Proctor, R., Qi, W., Trail, F. 2005. Functional analysis of the polyketide synthase genes in gibberella zeae. Fungal Genetics Conference/Asilomar.
Desjardins, A.E., Plattner, R.D., Shaner, G., Brown, D.W., Buechley, G., Proctor, R., Turgeon, B.G. 2005. A role for ascospores in wheat head blight epidemics. Fungal Genetics Conference/Asilomar.
Alexander, N.J., Mc Cormick, S.P., Proctor, R., Harris, L.J. 2004. Functional analysis of trichothecene biosynthetic genes via heterologous expression in a trichothecene-nonproducing fusarium species [abstract]. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of Fusarium Head Blight. p. 552.
Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W., Proctor, R. 2004. Utilizing EST libraries to investigate the regulation of the fumonisin gene cluster in fusarium verticillioides [abstract]. 36th Annual Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Symposium. p. 60.
Butchko, R.A., Proctor, R., Plattner, R.D. 2004. Elucidation of the fumonisin biosynthetic pathway by deletion analysis [abstract]. American Phytopathological Society Abstracts. 94:S120.
Mc Cormick, S.P., Alexander, N.J., Proctor, R. 2004. Heterologous expression of two fusarium trichothecene p450 genes. Phytochemical Society of North America Proceedings.
Proctor, R., Brown, D.W., Butchko, R.A., Plattner, R.D., Kendra, D.F. 2004. Genomics approach for solving a mycotoxin problem in maize [abstract]. American Phytopathological Society Abstracts.
Brown, D.W., Proctor, R., Butchko, R.A., Cheung, F., Town, C., Kendra, D.F. 2004. Differentially spliced introns in fungi: do they play a role in regulation? Gordon Research Conference Proceedings.
Proctor, R., Plattner, R.D., Brown, D.W., Seo, J.-A., Lee, Y.-W. 2004. Discontinuous distribution of fumonisin biosynthetic genes in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Mycological Research. 108:815-822.
Alexander, N.J., Mc Cormick, S.P., Proctor, R. 2004. Heterologous expression of the fusarium graminearum tri4 gene in f. verticillioides provides evidence for a multifunctional oxygenase in trichothecene biosynthesis. Meeting Abstract.
Alexander, N.J., Mc Cormick, S.P., Proctor, R. 2004. Heterologous expression provides method for proving the multifunctionality of the tri4 oxygenase in trichothecene biosynthesis in fusarium. Meeting Abstract.
Bojja, R.S., Cerny, R.L., Proctor, R., Du, L. 2004. Determining the biosynthetic sequence in the early steps of the fumonisin pathway by use of three gene-disruption mutants of Fusarium verticillioides. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 52(10):2855-2860.
Desjardins, A.E., Brown, D.W., Yun, S.-H., Proctor, R.H., Lee, T., Plattner, R.D., Lu, S.-W., Turgeon, B.G. 2004. Deletion and complementation of the mating type (MAT) locus of the wheat head blight pathogen Gibberella zeae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(4):2437-2444.
BROWN, D.W., PROCTOR, R., DYER, R.B., PLATTNER, R.D. CHARACTERIZATION OF A FUSARIUM 2-GENE CLUSTER INVOLVED IN TRICHOTHECENE C-8 MODIFICATION. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY. 2003. v. 51. p. 7936-7944.
Proctor, R., Brown, D.W., Seo, J., Lee, Y., Plattner, R.D. 2003. Discontinuous distribution of fumonisin biosynthetic genes in the gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Aflatoxin Workshop.
Butchko, R.A., Plattner, R.D., Proctor, R. 2003. FUM9 is required for C-5 hydroxylation of fumonisins and complements the meitotically defined Fum3 locus in Gibberella moniliformis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69(11):6935-6937.
BUTCHKO, R.A., PLATTNER, R.D., PROCTOR, R. FUM13 ENCODES A SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE REQUIRED FOR C-3 CARBONYL REDUCTION DURING FUMONISIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY. 2003. v. 51. p. 3000-3006.
Proctor, R., Plattner, R.D., Desjardins, A.E., Butchko, R.A., Brown, D.W. 2002. Discontinuous distribution of the fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster in fusarium. International Congress of Mycology Proceedings and Abstracts.
Desjardins, A.E., Munkvold, G.P., Plattner, R.D., Proctor, R. 2002. Fum1-a gene required for fumonisin biosynthesis but not for maize ear rot and ear infection by gibberella moniliformis in field tests. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 15(11): 1157-1164.
Butchko, R.A., Plattner, R.D., Desjardins, A.E., Proctor, R. 2002. Disruption analysis of the fumonisin gene cluster from fusarium verticillioides. Gordon Research Conference Proceedings.