Publications

Pan X*, Kelani AA*, Schrettenbrunner L, Prabakar S, Israni B, Blango MG# (2026) An improved description of the small RNA landscape of the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Mol Microbiol , 1-12.
Schrettenbrunner L, Maufrais C, Janbon G, Wallace EWJ, Blango MG# (2026) Comprehensive mapping of the 5' and 3' untranslated regions of Aspergillus fumigatus reveals diverse mechanisms of mRNA processing including premature transcription termination. RNA 32(2), 250-266.
Bruch A*, Lazarova V*, Berg M, Krueger T, Schaeuble S, Kelani AA, Mertens B, Lehenberger P, Kniemeyer O, Kaiser S, Panagiotou G, Gsaller F, Blango MG (2025) tRNA hypomodification facilitates 5-fluorocytosine resistance via cross-pathway control system activation in Aspergillus fumigatus Nucleic Acids Res 53(3), gkae1205.
Bierhoff H*, Barber AE*, Blango MG* (2024) RNA: DNA triplexes: a mechanism for epigenetic communication between hosts and microbes? mBio 15(10), e0198224. (Review)
Blango MG (2024) RNA-Biologie von Pilzinfektionen. BIOspektrum 30, 718. (Review)
Bruch A*, Blango MG* (2024) RNA as a mediator of host-fungal pathogenesis. In: Brakhage AA, Kniemeyer O, Zipfel PF (eds.) The Mycota - Human and Animal Relationships 3. 6, pp. 93-119. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-64852. (Review)
Müller R, König A, Groth S, Zarnowski R, Visser C, Handrianz T, Maufrais C, Krüger T, Himmel M, Lee S, Priest EL, Yildirim D, Richardson JP, Blango MG, Bougnoux ME, Kniemeyer O, d'Enfert C, Brakhage AA, Andes DR, Trümper V, Nehls C, Kasper L, Mogavero S, Gutsmann T, Naglik JR, Allert S, Hube B (2024) Secretion of the fungal toxin candidalysin is dependent on conserved precursor peptide sequences. Nat Microbiol 9(3), 669-683.
Ørom UAV*, Tapinos N*, Blango MG*, Strasburger J*, Adams M* (2024) The impact of RNA modifications on cellular function via alterations to structure and macromolecular interactions. Appendix to "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Charting a Future for Sequencing RNA and Its Modifications: A New Era for Biology and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press." (Review)
Pan X*, Bruch A*, Blango MG (2024) The past, present, and future of RNA modifications in infectious disease research. ACS Infect Dis 10(12), 4017-4029. (Review)
Visser C, Rivieccio F, Krüger T, Schmidt F, Cseresnyés Z, Rohde M, Figge MT, Kniemeyer O, Blango MG*, Brakhage AA* (2024) Tracking the uptake of labelled host-derived extracellular vesicles by the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. microLife 5, uqae022.