Leo Parks

Area(s) of Expertise

Yeast physiology; ergosterol

Publications

• Identification of a UPC2 homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its involvement in aerobic sterol uptake , JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2001)
• Biochemical modifications and transcriptional alterations attendant to sterol feeding in Phytophthora parasitica , LIPIDS (2000)
• Dual physiological effects of antifungal sterol biosynthetic inhibitors on enzyme targets and on transcriptional regulation , Pesticide Science (1999)
• In yeast, upc2-1 confers a decrease in tolerance to LiCl and NaCl, which can be suppressed by the P-type ATPase encoded by ENA2 , DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY (1999)
• A calcium-dependent ergosterol mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae , CURRENT GENETICS (1998)
• A mutation in a purported regulatory gene affects control of sterol uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Journal of Bacteriology (1998)
• A conditional sterol esterification defect in yeast having either a SEC1 or SEC5 mutation in the secretory pathway , Yeast (1997)
• Assessment of the essentiality of ERG genes late in ergosterol biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , CURRENT GENETICS (1997)
• Requirement of heme to replace the sparking sterol function in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-LIPIDS AND LIPID METABOLISM (1997)