Yigal Koltin

Research output

Research output per year 1966 1971 1973 1978 1979 1988 1990 1994 1996 1997 2018

• 93 Article
• 1 Chapter
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 Letter
• 1 More
  • 1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2018

  The killer systems of Ustilago Maydis

  Koltin, Y., 1 Jan 2018, Fungal Virology. CRC Press, p. 109-142 34 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Zea mays 74%
  • Seedlings 46%
  • Alleles 44%
  • Mycelium 40%
• 1998

  Altered expression of selectable marker URA3 in gene-disrupted Candida albicans strains complicates interpretation of virulence studies

  Lay, J., Henry, L. K., Clifford, J., Koltin, Y., Bulawa, C. E. & Becker, J. M., 1998, In: Infection and Immunity. 66, 11, p. 5301-5306 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Candida albicans 100%
  • Virulence 82%
  • virulence 76%
  • orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase 75%
  • orotidylic acid 70%
• 1997

  A Candida albicans RAS-related gene (CaRSR1) is involved in budding, cell morphogenesis and hypha development

  Yaar, L., Mevarech, M. & Koltin, Y., Sep 1997, In: Microbiology. 143, 9, p. 3033-3044 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Hyphae 100%
  • Candida albicans 79%
  • Morphogenesis 78%
  • Yeasts 63%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 54%

• Rapamycin specifically interferes with the developmental response of fission yeast to starvation

  Weisman, R., Choder, M. & Koltin, Y., Oct 1997, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 179, 20, p. 6325-6334 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Schizosaccharomyces 100%
  • Starvation 89%
  • Sirolimus 88%
  • Sexual Development 44%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 11%

• The search for new triazole antifungal agents

  Koltin, Y. & Hitchcock, C. A., Aug 1997, In: Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 1, 2, p. 176-182 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Triazole Antifungal Agent 100%
  • Voriconazole 87%
  • Itraconazole 80%
  • Fluconazole 73%
  • Triazoles 73%

• The topoisomerase I gene from Candida albicans

  Jiang, W., Gerhold, D., Kmiec, E. B., Hauser, M., Becker, J. M. & Koltin, Y., Feb 1997, In: Microbiology. 143, 2, p. 377-386 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Type I DNA Topoisomerase 100%
  • Candida albicans 77%
  • Virulence 44%
  • Gene Knockout Techniques 31%
  • Genes 30%
• 1996

  Erratum: The chsB gene of Aspergillus nidulans is necessary for normal hyphal growth and development (Fungal Genetics and Biology (1996) 20, Number 3 (193-203))

  Borgia, P. T., Iartchouk, N., Riggle, P. J., Winter, K. R., Koltin, Y. & Bulawa, C. E., 1996, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 20, 4, p. 314 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  Open Access

• The chsB gene of Aspergillus nidulans is necessary for normal hyphal growth and development

  Borgia, P. T., Iartchouk, N., Riggle, P. J., Winter, K. R., Koltin, Y. & Bulawa, C. E., Sep 1996, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 20, 3, p. 193-203 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aspergillus nidulans 100%
  • Growth and Development 73%
  • Chitin Synthase 72%
  • Fungal Spores 39%
  • Mycelium 38%

• The Ustilago maydis virally encoded KP1 killer toxin

  Park, C. M., Banerjee, N., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J. A., 1996, In: Molecular Microbiology. 20, 5, p. 957-963 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 72%
  • Fungi 36%
  • Mycotoxins 26%
  • Protein Sequence Analysis 24%

• Two-hybrid interaction of a human UBC9 homolog with centromere proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Jiang, W. & Koltin, Y., 1996, In: Molecular and General Genetics. 251, 2, p. 153-160 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins 100%
  • Centromere 85%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 65%
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes 34%
  • Chromosome Segregation 29%
• 1995

  Multidrug resistance in Candida albicans: Disruption of the BEN(r) gene

  Goldway, M., Teff, D., Schmidt, R., Oppenheim, A. B. & Koltin, Y., 1995, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 39, 2, p. 422-426 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multiple Drug Resistance 100%
  • Candida albicans 96%
  • Benomyl 40%
  • Genes 38%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 29%

• Processing and secretion of a virally encoded antifungal toxin in transgenic tobacco plants: Evidence for a Kex2p pathway in plants

  Kinal, H., Park, C. M., Berry, J. O., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J. A., 1995, In: Plant Cell. 7, 6, p. 677-688 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genetically Modified Plants 100%
  • Ustilago zeae 65%
  • Tobacco 60%
  • tobacco 52%
  • toxins 51%

• Reduced virulence of Candida albicans mutants affected in multidrug resistance

  Becker, J. M., Henry, L. K., Jiang, W. & Koltin, Y., 1995, In: Infection and Immunity. 63, 11, p. 4515-4518 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • multiple drug resistance 100%
  • Candida albicans 91%
  • Multiple Drug Resistance 90%
  • Virulence 74%
  • virulence 69%
• 1994

  A Candida albicans surface antigen mediating adhesion and autoaggregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Barki, M., Koltin, Y., Van Wetter, M. & Rosenberg, M., 1994, In: Infection and Immunity. 62, 10, p. 4107-4111 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • surface antigens 100%
  • Surface Antigens 83%
  • Candida albicans 83%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 72%
  • adhesion 68%

• Candida albicans gene encoding resistance to benomyl and methotrexate is a multidrug resistance gene

  Ben-Yaacov, R., Knoller, S., Caldwell, G. A., Becker, J. M. & Koltin, Y., 1994, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 38, 4, p. 648-652 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Benomyl 100%
  • MDR Genes 81%
  • Candida albicans 59%
  • Methotrexate 57%
  • Cycloheximide 32%

• Efficacy of the hematoregulatory peptide SK&F 107647 in experimental systematic Candida albicans infections in normal and immunosuppressed mice

  DeMarsh, P. L., Sucoloski, S. K., Frey, C. L., Bhatnagar, P. K., Koltin, Y., Actor, P. & Petteway, S. R., 1994, In: Immunopharmacology. 27, 3, p. 199-206 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • SK&F 107647 100%
  • Candida albicans 43%
  • Peptides 27%
  • Infections 20%
  • Systemic candidiasis 16%

• Homologs of the yeast neck filament associated genes: isolation and sequence analysis of Candida albicans CDC3 and CDC10

  DiDomenico, B. J., Brown, N. H., Lupisella, J., Greene, J. R., Yanko, M. & Koltin, Y., Mar 1994, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 242, 6, p. 689-698 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Candida albicans 100%
  • Sequence Analysis 92%
  • Yeasts 80%
  • Neck 75%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 45%

• Interaction of the Ustilago maydis KP6 killer toxin with sensitive cells

  Ginzberg, I. & Koltin, Y., 1994, In: Microbiology. 140, 3, p. 643-649 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Spheroplasts 91%
  • Peptides 38%
  • Viruses 26%
  • Zea mays 24%

• Structure and heterologous expression of the Ustilago maydis viral toxin KP4

  Park, CM. M., Bruenn, J. A., Ganesa, C., Flurkey, W. F., Bozarth, R. F. & Koltin, Y., Jan 1994, In: Molecular Microbiology. 11, 1, p. 155-164 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Peptides 100%
  • Ustilago 65%
  • type I signal peptidase 60%
  • Zea mays 48%
  • RNA Viruses 44%

• The yeast FKS1 gene encodes a novel membrane protein, mutations in which confer FK506 and cyclosporin A hypersensitivity and calcineurin-dependent growth

  Eng, W. K., Faucette, L., McLaughlin, M. M., Cafferkey, R., Koltin, Y., Morris, R. A., Young, P. R., Johnson, R. K. & Livi, G. P., 30 Dec 1994, In: Gene. 151, 1-2, p. 61-71 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Calcineurin 100%
  • Tacrolimus 86%
  • Cyclosporine 75%
  • Membrane Proteins 66%
  • Hypersensitivity 65%
• 1993

  Dominant missense mutations in a novel yeast protein related to mammalian phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and VPS34 abrogate rapamycin cytotoxicity

  Cafferkey, R., Young, P. R., McLaughlin, M. M., Bergsma, D. J., Koltin, Y., Sathe, G. M., Faucette, L., Eng, W. K., Johnson, R. K. & Livi, G. P., Oct 1993, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13, 10, p. 6012-6023 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A 100%
  • Fungal Proteins 91%
  • Sirolimus 78%
  • Missense Mutation 76%
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase 74%

• Isolation of a Candida albicans DNA sequence conferring adhesion and aggregation on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Barki, M., Koltin, Y., Yanko, M., Tamarkin, A. & Rosenberg, M., 1993, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 175, 17, p. 5683-5689 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Candida albicans 100%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 91%
  • Polystyrenes 45%
  • Genome 16%
  • Genetic Vectors 16%

• Mutants of Ustilago maydis defective in production of one of two polypeptides of KP6 toxin from the preprotoxin

  Tao, J., Ginzberg, I., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J. A., Apr 1993, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 238, 1-2, p. 234-240 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Peptides 38%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 24%
  • Complementary DNA 16%
  • RNA Viruses 11%
• 1992

  Direct selection of galactokinase-negative mutants of Candida albicans using 2-deoxy-galactose

  Gorman, J. A., Gorman, J. W. & Koltin, Y., Mar 1992, In: Current Genetics. 21, 3, p. 203-206 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Galactokinase 100%
  • Galactose 66%
  • Candida albicans 61%
  • Enzyme Assays 6%
  • Diploidy 6%

• Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against α and β subunits of the Ustilago maydis virus encoded toxin

  Ginzberg, I., Rosenblum, S., Koltin, Y. & Smorodinsky, N. I., Aug 1992, In: Virus Genes. 6, 3, p. 273-280 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Neutralizing Antibodies 60%
  • Monoclonal Antibodies 44%
  • Viruses 40%
  • Peptides 25%

• Progress in antifungal chemotherapy

  Jacobs, P. H., Drutz, D. J., Budimulja, U., Cauwenbergh, G., Koltin, Y., Nolting, S. & de Doncker, P., 1992, In: Medical Mycology. 30, S1, p. 197-199 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1991

  Analysis of a Candida albicans gene that encodes a novel mechanism for resistance to benomyl and methotrexate

  Fling, M. E., Kopf, J., Tamarkin, A., Gorman, J. A., Smith, H. A. & Koltin, Y., Jun 1991, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 227, 2, p. 318-329 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Benomyl 100%
  • Candida albicans 59%
  • Methotrexate 57%
  • Open Reading Frames 56%
  • Yeasts 23%

• Rapamycin sensitivity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase related to human FK506-binding protein

  Koltin, Y., Faucette, L., Bergsma, D. J., Levy, M. A., Cafferkey, R., Koser, P. L., Johnson, R. K. & Livi, G. P., Mar 1991, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11, 3, p. 1718-1723 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tacrolimus Binding Proteins 100%
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase 97%
  • Sirolimus 72%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 62%
  • Tacrolimus 55%
• 1990

  Chapter 15. Targets for Antifungal Drug Discovery

  Koltin, Y., 1 Jan 1990, In: Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry. 25, C, p. 141-148 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Drug Discovery 100%
  • Mycoses 98%
  • Drug 51%
  • Biochemistry 44%
  • Fungi 43%

• Chapter 15. Targets for Antifungal Drug Discovery

  Koltin, Y., 1990, In: Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry. 25, C, p. 141-148 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Double-stranded RNA mycoviruses in Septoria tritici

  Zelikovitch, N., Eyal, Z., Ben-Zvi, B. & Koltin, Y., 1990, In: Mycological Research. 94, 5, p. 590-594 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fungal Viruses 100%
  • mycoviruses 83%
  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 75%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 66%
  • double-stranded RNA 59%

• Functional expression of the Candida albicans β-tubulin gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Smith, H. A., Gorman, J. W., Koltin, Y. & Gorman, J. A., 31 May 1990, In: Gene. 90, 1, p. 115-123 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tubulin 100%
  • Candida albicans 93%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 85%
  • Benomyl 52%
  • Genes 37%

• Ustilago may dis KP6 killer toxin: Structure, expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and relationship to other cellular toxins

  Tao, J., Ginsberg, I., Banerjee, N., Held, W., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J. A., 1990, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10, 4, p. 1373-1381 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 55%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 48%
  • RNA Viruses 45%
  • K1 killer toxin 40%
• 1989

  A very small viral double-stranded RNA

  Chang, T. H., Banerjee, N., Bruenn, J., Held, W., Peery, T. & Koltin, Y., Mar 1989, In: Virus Genes. 2, 2, p. 195-206 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Double-Stranded RNA 100%
  • Viral RNA 90%
  • RNA Viruses 47%
  • Ustilago 34%
  • Virus Assembly 27%

• Detection of killer-independent dsRNA plasmids in Ustilago maydis by a simple and rapid method of extraction of dsRNA

  Seroussi, E., Peery, T., Ginzberg, I. & Koltin, Y., May 1989, In: Plasmid. 21, 3, p. 216-225 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Plasmids 48%
  • Viruses 20%
• 1988

  Assignment of cloned genes to the seven electrophoretically separated Candida albicans chromosomes.

  Magee, B. B., Koltin, Y., Gorman, J. A. & Magee, P. T., Nov 1988, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8, 11, p. 4721-4726 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Candida albicans 100%
  • Chromosomes 78%
  • Electrophoresis 63%
  • Gels 63%
  • Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis 51%

• Enhancement of copper resistance and CupI amplification in carcinogen-treated yeast cells

  Aladjem, M. I., Koltin, Y. & Lavi, S., Jan 1988, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 211, 1, p. 88-94 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Copper 100%
  • Carcinogens 96%
  • Yeasts 80%
  • Clone Cells 52%
  • 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide 50%

• Isolation and characterization of a β-tubulin gene from Candida albicans

  Smith, H. A., Allaudeen, H. S., Whitman, M. H., Koltin, Y. & German, J. A., 15 Mar 1988, In: Gene. 63, 1, p. 53-63 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tubulin 100%
  • Candida albicans 93%
  • Introns 51%
  • Fungal Genes 45%
  • Genes 37%

• The Ustilago maydis virus-encoded toxin-Effect of KP6 on sensitive cells and spheroplasts

  Steinlauf, R., Peery, T., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J., Sep 1988, In: Experimental Mycology. 12, 3, p. 264-274 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Spheroplasts 91%
  • Viruses 40%
  • Peptides 23%
  • Electron Scanning Microscopy 14%

• Transcription and in vitro translation of the dsRNA virus isolated from Rhizoctonia solani

  Finkler, A., Ben-Zvi, B. S., Koltin, Y. & Barash, I., Jun 1988, In: Virus Genes. 1, 2, p. 205-219 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rhizoctonia 100%
  • Capsid Proteins 64%
  • Viruses 37%
  • glutamyl endopeptidase 28%
  • RNA Replicase 25%
• 1987

  Virus-encoded toxin of Ustilago maydis: Two polypeptides are essential for activity

  Peery, T., Shabat-Brand, T., Steinlauf, R., Koltin, Y. & Bruenn, J., 1987, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7, 1, p. 470-477 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 1986

  Purification and characterization of pectolytic enzymes produced by virulent and hypovirulent isolates of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn

  Marcus, L., Barash, I., Sneh, B., Koltin, Y. & Finkler, A., 1986, In: Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 29, 3, p. 325-336 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rhizoctonia 100%
  • pectinesterase 63%
  • Thanatephorus cucumeris 61%
  • Enzymes 30%
  • endopolygalacturonase II 28%
• 1985

  Isolation of genes from Candida albicans by complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Rosenbluh, A., Mevarech, M., Koltin, Y. & Gorman, J. A., Aug 1985, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 200, 3, p. 500-502 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Candida albicans 100%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 91%
  • Genes 39%
  • Genomic Library 31%
  • Mutation 27%

• Pathogenicity, host specificity and anastomosis groups of Rhizoctonia spp. isolated from soils in Israel

  Ichielevich-Auster, M., Sneh, B., Koltin, Y. & Barash, I., Jun 1985, In: Phytoparasitica. 13, 2, p. 103-112 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rhizoctonia 100%
  • host specificity 85%
  • Israel 80%
  • pathogenicity 62%
  • host plants 62%
• 1984

  RNA polymerase activity in virions from Ustilago maydis.

  Ben-Tzvi, B. S., Koltin, Y., Mevarech, M. & Tamarkin, A., Jan 1984, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4, 1, p. 188-194 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ustilago 100%
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases 66%
  • Virion 57%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 54%
  • RNA 41%

• Six groups of double-stranded rna mycoviruses

  Buck, K. W., Ackermann, H. W., Bozarth, R. F., Bruenn, J. A., Koltin, Y., Rawlinson, C. J., Ushiyama, R. & Wood, H. A., 1984, In: Intervirology. 22, 1, p. 17-23 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fungal Viruses 100%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 66%
  • Molecular Weight 45%
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens 40%
  • Cell Line 21%
• 1983

  Mutator activity in Schizophyllum commune

  Shneyour, Y. & Koltin, Y., Jan 1983, In: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 107, 1, p. 41-51 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Schizophyllum 100%
  • Mutagenic Agent 92%
  • Mutation Rate 61%
  • Mutation 48%
  • Single-Stranded DNA 34%

• Two Ustilago maydis viral dsRNAs of different size code for the same product

  Fild, L. J., Bruenn, J. A., Chang, T. H., Pinhasi, O. & Koltin, Y., 11 May 1983, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 11, 9, p. 2765-2778 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Double-Stranded RNA 72%
  • RNA Viruses 45%
  • R Factors 25%
  • Zea mays 24%
• 1982

  Dual toxin specificities and the exclusion relations among the Ustilago dsRNA viruses

  Wigderson, M. & Koltin, Y., Jul 1982, In: Current Genetics. 5, 2, p. 127-136 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Viruses 40%
  • Haploidy 25%

• Mapping the immunity function of the Ustilago maydis P1 virus

  Peery, T., Koltin, Y. & Tamarkin, A., Jan 1982, In: Plasmid. 7, 1, p. 52-58 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ustilago 100%
  • Immunity 49%
  • Viruses 40%
  • Light 14%