Anna Floyd Averette

Duke University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Fungal Infections and Studies(36), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility(24), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(14), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies(11), Signaling Pathways in Disease(10)

Publications50 total

Author Correction: Harnessing calcineurin-FK506-FKBP12 crystal structures from invasive fungal pathogens to develop antifungal agents
Nature Communications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of 4,9,10-Trihydroxyguaia-11(13)en-12,6-olide and Discovery of Its Anticancer Activity against Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor
ACS Central Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Calcineurin controls the cytokinesis machinery during thermal stress in <i>Cryptococcus deneoformans</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Calcineurin controls the cytokinesis machinery during thermal stress in <i>Cryptococcus deneoformans</i>
2025Open Access
Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi
2024Open Access
Amoeba predation of Cryptococcus: A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the accidental pathogen hypothesis
PLoS Pathogens·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Enhanced fungal specificity and <i>in vivo</i> therapeutic efficacy of a C-22-modified FK520 analog against <i>C. neoformans</i>
mBio·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Enhanced fungal specificity and <i>in vivo</i> therapeutic efficacy of a C-22 modified FK520 analog against <i>C. neoformans</i>
2023Open Access
Amoeba predation of <i>Cryptococcus</i> : A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the Accidental Pathogen hypothesis
2022Open Access
Unraveling the Pathobiological Role of the Fungal KEOPS Complex in Cryptococcus neoformans
mBio·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex
eLife·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Author response: Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex
2022Open Access
Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the <i>Cryptococcus</i> pathogenic species complex
2022Open Access
Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 33 cited
Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen
2021Open Access
Pleiotropy and epistasis within and between signaling pathways defines the genetic architecture of fungal virulence
PLoS Genetics·2021· 42 citedOpen Access
Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Unisexual and Heterosexual Meiotic Reproduction Generate Aneuploidy and Phenotypic Diversity De Novo in the Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
UNC Libraries·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
Genus-Wide Comparative Genomics of Malassezia Delineates Its Phylogeny, Physiology, and Niche Adaptation on Human Skin
UNC Libraries·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Joseph Heitman(49), Sheng Sun(18), Yong‐Sun Bahn(10), Christina A. Cuomo(10), R. Blake Billmyre(7), Piotr A. Mieczkowski(7), Ying‐Lien Chen(7), Teun Boekhout(6), Praveen R. Juvvadi(6), Maria Ciofani(6), William J. Steinbach(6), Cullen Roth(6), Paul M. Magwene(6), Kyung-Tae ‍Lee(5), Michael J. Hoy(5), Terrance Shea(5), Andrew Ryan Passer(5), Marco A. Coelho(5), Minou Nowrousian(5), Angela Rivera(5)