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Tiefenbacher, J., Linne, U., Freitag, J., and Sandrock, B. (2025). Two gene clusters are required for mannosylerythritol lipid biosynthesis in Sporisorium reilianum. mBio 0:e00899-25.

Bäcker, N., Ast, J., Martorana, D., Renicke, C., Berger, J., Mais, C.N., Christ, M., Stehlik, T., Heimerl, T., Wernet, V., Taxis, C., Pané-Farré, J., Bölker, M., Klatt, J.M., Sandrock, B., Schink, K.O., Bange, G., and Freitag, J. (2025). Peroxisomal core structures segregate diverse metabolic pathways. Nat Commun 20, 16:1802.

Becker, F., Linne, U., Xie, X., Hemer, A., Bölker, M., Freitag, J., and Sandrock, B. (2022). Import and export of mannosylerythritol lipids by Ustilago maydis. mBio 13, e02123-22.

Ast, J., Bäcker, N., Bittner, E., Martorana, D., Ahmad, H., Bölker, M., Freitag, J. (2022). Two Pex5 proteins with different cargo specificity are critical for peroxisome function in Ustilago maydis. Front Cell Dev Biol 10, 858084.

Wege, S.M., Gejer, K., Becker, F., Bölker, M., Freitag, J., Sandrock, B. (2021). Versatile CRISPR/Cas9 systems for genome editing in Ustilago maydis. J Fungi 7.

Becker, F., Stehlik, T., Linne, U., Bölker, M., Freitag, J., Sandrock, B. (2021). Engineering Ustilago maydis for production of tailor-made mannosylerythritol lipids. Metab Eng Commun 12, e00165.

Deinzer, H., Linne, U., Xiulan, X., Bölker, M., Sandrock, B. (2019). Elucidation of substrate specificities of decorating enzymes involved in mannosylerythritol lipid production by cross-species complementation. Fungal Genetics and Biology 130, 91-97.

Aschenbroich, J., Hussnaetter, K.P., Stoffels, P., Langner, T., Zander, S., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M., Feldbrügge, M., Schipper, K. (2018). The germinal centre kinase Don3 is crucial for unconventional secretion of chitinase Cts1 in Ustilago maydis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1867(12).

Stettler, K., Xiaoming Li, Sandrock, B., Lagache-Braga, S., Heller, M., Dümbgen, L., Suter, B. (2015). A Drosophila XPD model links cell cycle coordination with neuro-development and suggests links to cancer. Disease Models & Mechanisms 8, 1-11.

Stehlik, T., Sandrock, B., Ast, J., Freitag, J. (2014). Fungal peroxisomes as biosynthetic organelles. Curr Opin Microbiol 22, 8-14.

Freitag, J., Ast, J., Linne, U., Stehlik, T., Martorana, D., Bölker, M., Sandrock, B. (2014). Peroxisomes contribute to biosynthesis of extracellular glycolipids in fungi. Mol Microbiol 93, 24-36.

Sandrock, B. (2012). Chemical genetics – a versatile method to combine science and higher-level teaching in molecular genetics. Molecules 17, 11920-11930.

Frieser, S.H., Hlubek, A., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M. (2011). Cla4 kinase triggers destruction of the Rac1-GEF Cdc24 during polarized growth in Ustilago maydis. Mol Biol Cell 22, 3253-3262.

Freitag, J., Lanver, D., Böhmer, C., Schink, K.O., Bölker, M., Sandrock, B. (2011). Septation of infectious hyphae is critical for appressoria formation and virulence in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis. PLoS Pathog 7, e1002044.

Teichmann, B., Liu, L., Schink, K.O., Bölker, M. (2010). Activation of the ustilagic acid biosynthesis gene cluster in Ustilago maydis by the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor Rua1. Appl Environ Microbiol 76, 2633-2640.

Pham, C.D., Yu, Z., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M., Gold, S.E., Perlin, M.H. (2009). Ustilago maydis Rho1 and 14-3-3 homologues participate in pathways controlling cell separation and cell polarity. Eukaryot Cell 8, 977-989.

Hlubek, A., Schink, K.O., Mahlert, M., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M. (2008). Selective activation by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Don1 is a main determinant of Cdc42 signaling specificity in Ustilago maydis. Mol Microbiol 68, 615-623.

Böhmer, C., Böhmer, M., Bölker, M., Sandrock, B. (2008). Cdc42 and the Ste20-like kinase Don3 act independently in triggering cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis. J Cell Sci 121, 143-154.

Teichmann, B., Linne, U., Marahiel, M.A., Bölker, M. (2007). A biosynthetic gene cluster for a secreted cellobiose lipid with antifungal activity from Ustilago maydis. Mol Microbiol 66, 525-533.

Sandrock, B., Böhmer, C., Bölker, M. (2006). Dual function of the germinal centre kinase Don3 during mitosis and cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol Microbiol 62, 655-666.

Kämper, J., Kahmann, R., Bölker, M., Ma, L.-J., Brefort, T., Saville, B.J., Banuett, F., Kronstad, J.W., et al. (2006). Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature 444, 97-101.

Hewald, S., Linne, U., Scherer, M., Marahiel, M.A., Kämper, J., Bölker, M. (2006). Identification of a gene cluster for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous fungus Ustilago maydis. Appl Environ Microbiol 72, 5469-5477.

Mahlert, M., Leveleki, L., Hlubek, A., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M. (2006). Rac1 and Cdc42 regulate hyphal growth and cytokinesis in the dimorphic fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol Microbiol 59, 567-578.

Hewald, S., Josephs, K., Bölker, M. (2005). Genetic analysis of biosurfactant production in Ustilago maydis. Appl Environ Microbiol 71, 3033-3040.

Leveleki, L., Mahlert, M., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M. (2004). The PAK family kinase Cla4 is required for budding and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol Microbiol 54, 396-406.