2010

Basse CW. (2010) Mitochondrial inheritance in fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2010 Dec;13(6):712-9. Epub 2010 Sep 29

2009

Mahlert, M., Vogler, C., Stelter, K., Hause, G. and Basse, C.W. (2009) The Ustilago maydis a2 mating-type locus gene lga2 interferes with mitochondrial dynamics and fusion partially in dependence on a Dnm1-like fission component. J. Cell Science, in press.

Fedler, M., Luh, K.-S., Stelter, K., Nieto, F. and Basse, C.W. (2009) The a2 mating-type locus genes lga2 and rga2 direct uniparental mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) inheritance and constrain mtDNA recombination during sexual development of Ustilago maydis. Genetics 181: 847-60.

2008

Zheng, Y., Kief, J., Auffarth K., Farfsing J., Mahlert, M., Nieto, F. and Basse, C. W. (2008) The Ustilago maydis Cys2His2-type zinc finger transcription factor Mzr1 regulates fungal gene expression during the biotrophic growth stage. Mol. Microbiol. 68: 1450-70.

Reineke, R., Heinze, B., Schirawski, J., Büttner, H., Kahmann, R. and Basse, C.W. (2008) Indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis and its relevance for increased IAA levels in infected tissue and host tumour formation. Mol. Plant Pathol. 9: 339-55.

Zuther, K., Mayser, P., Hettwer, U., Wu, W., Spiteller, P., Kindler, B.L.J., Karlovsky, P., Basse, C.W. and Schirawski, J. (2008) The tryptophan aminotransferase Tam1 catalyses the single biosynthetic step for tryptophan dependent pigment synthesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 68: 152-72.

2006

Kämper, J., Kahmann, R., Bölker, M., Ma, L.J., Brefort, T., Saville, B.J., Banuett, F., Kronstad, J.W., Gold, S.E., Müller, O., Perlin, M.H., Wösten, H.A., de Vries, R., Ruiz-Herrera, J., Reynaga-Peña, C.G., Snetselaar, K., McCann, M., Perez-Martin, J., Feldbrügge, M., Basse, C.W. et al. (2006) Insights form the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature 444: 97-101.

2005

Basse, C.W. (2005) Dissecting defense-related and developmental transcriptional responses of maize during Ustilago maydis infection and subsequent tumor formation. Plant Physiol. 138: 1774-84.

Farfsing, J., Auffarth, K. and Basse, C.W. (2005) Identification of cis-active elements in U. maydis mig2 promoters conferring high-level activity during pathogenic growth in maize. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 18: 75-87.

2004

Bortfeld, M., Auffarth, K., Kahmann, R. and Basse, C.W. (2004) The Ustilago maydis a2 mating-type locus genes lga2 and rga2 compromise pathogenicity in the absence of the mitochondrial p32 family protein Mrb1. Plant Cell 16: 2233-48.

2000 - 2003

Torreblanca, J., Stumpferl, S. and Basse, C.W. (2003) Histone deacetylase Hda1 acts as repressor of the Ustilago maydis biotrophic marker gene mig1. Fung. Genet. Biol. 38: 22-32.

Basse, C.W., Kerschbamer, C., Brustmann, M., Altmann, T. and Kahmann, R. (2002b) Evidence for a Ustilago maydis steroid 5α-reductase by functional expression in Arabidosis thaliana det2-1 mutants. Plant Physiol. 129: 717-32.

Basse, C.W., Kolb, S. and Kahmann, R. (2002a) A maize-specifically expressed gene cluster in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 43: 75-94.

Basse, C.W., Stumpferl, S. and Kahmann, R. (2000) Characterization of a Ustilago maydis gene specifically induced during the biotrophic phase: evidence for negative as well as positive regulation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20: 329-39.