• The corn smut (‘Huitlacoche’) as a new latform for oral vaccines 

      Juárez Montiel, Margarita; Romero Maldonado, Andrea; Monreal Escalante, Elizabeth; Rosales Mendoza, Sergio; Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco (2015-07)
      "The development of new alternative platforms for subunit vaccine production is a priority in the biomedical field. In this study, Ustilago maydis, the causal agent of common corn smut or 'huitlacoche' has been genetically ...
    • The corn smut-made cholera oral vaccine is thermostable and induces long-lasting immunity in mouse 

      Monreal Escalante, Elizabeth; Navarro Tovar, Gabriela; León Gallo, Amalia; Juárez Montiel, Margarita; Becerra Flora, Alicia; Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco; Rosales Mendoza, Sergio (Elsevier, 2016)
      "The use of corn smut for the production of recombinant vaccines has been recently implemented by our group. In this study, the stability and immunogenic properties of the corn smut-based cholera vaccine, based on the ...
    • The Ustilago maydis null mutant strains of the RNA-binding protein UmRrm75 accumulate hydrogen peroxide and melanin 

      Rodríguez Piña, Alma Laura; Juárez Montiel, Margarita; Hernández Sánchez, Itzell Eurídice; Rodríguez Hernández, Aída Araceli; Bautista Redonda, Francisco Elihú; Becerra Flora, Alicia; López Villegas, Edgar Oliver; Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco (Nature Publishing Group, 2019)
      "Ustilago maydis is a dimorphic fungus that has emerged as a model organism for the study of fungal phytopathogenicity and RNA biology. In a previous study, we isolated the U. maydis UmRrm75 gene. The deletion of the UmRrm75 ...