Hansong Ma – Research output — University of Birmingham

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2024
Two mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms modulate cardiolipin binding and lead to synthetic lethality
Chiang, C-Y., Jezek, J., Mu, P., Di, Y., Klucnika, A., Jaburek, M., Jezek, P. & Ma, H., 19 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 11 p., 611.
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2023
Milton assembles large mitochondrial clusters, mitoballs, to sustain spermatogenesis
YZ Li, A., Di, Y., Rathore, S., Chiang, C-Y., Jezek, J. & Ma, H., 22 Aug 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 34, 11 p., e2306073120.
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REC drives recombination to repair double-strand breaks in animal mtDNA
Klucnika, A., Mu, P., Jezek, J., McCormack, M., Di, Y., Bradshaw, C. R. & Ma, H., 2 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Cell Biology. 222, 1, 19 p., e202201137.
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2020

Mapping and editing animal mitochondrial genomes: can we overcome the challenges?
Klucnika, A. & Ma, H., 20 Jan 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
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Mitochondrial heteroplasmy beyond the oocyte bottleneck
van den Ameele, J., YZ Li, A., Ma, H. & Chinnery, P., 2020, In: Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology.
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2019

A battle for transmission: the cooperative and selfish animal mitochondrial genomes
Klucnika, A. & Ma, H., Mar 2019, In: Open Biology.
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A Genome-wide Screen Reveals that Reducing Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Can Promote Elimination of Deleterious Mitochondrial Mutations
Chiang, A. C-Y., McCartney, E., O'Farrell, P. H. & Ma, H., Dec 2019, In: Current Biology.
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2016

Selfish drive can trump function when animal mitochondrial genomes compete
Ma, H. & O'Farrell, P. H., Jul 2016, In: Nature Genetics.
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2015

Selections that isolate recombinant mitochondrial genomes in animals
Ma, H. & O'Farrell, P. H., 2015, In: eLife.
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2014

Transmission of mitochondrial mutations and action of purifying selection in Drosophila melanogaster
Ma, H., Xu, H. & O'Farrell, P. H., 2014, In: Nature Genetics.
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2013
Ancient Dispersal of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon Rainforest
Hagen, F., Ceresini, P. C., Polacheck, I., Ma, H., van Nieuwerburgh, F., Gabaldon, T., Kagan, S., Pursall, E. R., Hoogveld, H. L., van Iersel, L. J. J., Klau, G. W., Kelk, S. M., Stougie, L., Bartlett, K. H., Voelz, K., Pryszcz, L. P., Castaneda, E., Lazera, M., Meyer, W., Deforce, D., & 4 othersMeis, J. F., May, R. C., Klaassen, C. H. W. & Boekhout, T., 2013, In: PLOS One. 8, 8, p. e71148
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Transmission of Hypervirulence Traits via Sexual Reproduction within and between Lineages of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii
Voelz, K., Ma, H., Phadke, S., Byrnes, E. J., Zhu, P., Mueller, O., Farrer, R. A., Henk, D. A., Lewit, Y., Hsueh, Y., Fisher, M. C., Idnurm, A., Heitman, J. & May, R. C., 5 Sept 2013, In: PLoS Genetics. 9, 9, e1003771.
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2010
Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States
Byrnes, EJ., Li, W., Lewit, Y., Ma, H., Voelz, K., Ren, P., Carter, DA., Chaturvedi, V., Bildfell, RJ., May, R. & Heitman, J., 1 Apr 2010, In: PLoS pathogens. 6, 4, p. e1000850
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230 Citations (Scopus)
Mitochondria and the regulation of hypervirulence in the fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island
Ma, H. & May, R. C., 1 May 2010, In: Virulence. 1, 3, p. 197-201 5 p.
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18 Citations (Scopus)
2009
The fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island is characterized by enhanced intracellular parasitism driven by mitochondrial regulation
Ma, H., Hagen, F., Stekel, D. J., Johnston, S. A., Sionov, E., Falk, R., Polacheck, I., Boekhout, T. & May, R. C., 4 Aug 2009, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 106, 31, p. 12980-12985 6 p.
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Virulence in Cryptococcus species
Ma, H. & May, R. C., 2009, In: Advances in Applied Microbiology. 67, p. 131-90 60 p.
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79 Citations (Scopus)
2007
Direct cell-to-cell spread of a pathogenic yeast
Ma, H., Croudace, J., Lammas, D. & May, R., 1 Jan 2007, In: BMC Immunology. 8, 15
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2006
Expulsion of live pathogenic yeast by macrophages
Ma, H., Croudace, J. E., Lammas, D. A. & May, R. C., 7 Nov 2006, In: Current Biology. 16, 21, p. 2156-2160 5 p.
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Sex-dependent resistance to the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
van den Berg, M. C. W., Woerlee, J. Z., Ma, H. & May, R. C., Jun 2006, In: Genetics. 173, 2, p. 677-83 7 p.
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27 Citations (Scopus)