How Temperature Changes Reset a Circadian Oscillator [PDF]
, 1998 Circadian rhythms control many physiological activities. The environmental entrainment of rhythms involves the immediate responses of clock components.
Dunlap, Jay C. +2 more
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Epigenetic and posttranslational modifications in light signal transduction and the circadian clock in Neurospora crassa [PDF]
, 2015 Blue light, a key abiotic signal, regulates a wide variety of physiological processes in many organisms. One of these phenomena is the circadian rhythm presents in organisms sensitive to the phase-setting effects of blue light and under control of the ...
Ballario, Paola +3 more
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Small RNA-based antiviral defense in the phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum [PDF]
, 2016 Even though the fungal kingdom contains more than 3 million species, little is known about the biological roles of RNA silencing in fungi. The Colletotrichum genus comprises fungal species that are pathogenic for a wide range of crop species worldwide ...
Campo, Sonia +2 more
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Calcineurin as a Multifunctional Regulator: Unraveling Novel Functions in Fungal Stress Responses, Hyphal Growth, Drug Resistance, and Pathogenesis. [PDF]
, 2014 Calcineurin signaling plays diverse roles in fungi in regulating stress responses, morphogenesis and pathogenesis. Although calcineurin signaling is conserved among fungi, recent studies indicate important divergences in calcineurin-dependent cellular ...
Juvvadi, P.R. +2 more
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Analysis of a conserved cellulase transcriptional regulator reveals inducer-independent production of cellulolytic enzymes in Neurospora crassa. [PDF]
, 2013 Cellulose is recalcitrant to deconstruction to glucose for use in fermentation strategies for biofuels and chemicals derived from lignocellulose. In Neurospora crassa, the transcriptional regulator, CLR-2, is required for cellulolytic gene expression and
Coradetti, Samuel +2 more
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Transcriptional landscape of Aspergillus niger at breaking of conidial dormancy revealed by RNA-sequencing [PDF]
, 2013 Background Genome-wide analysis was performed to assess the transcriptional landscape of germinating A. niger conidia using both next generation RNA-sequencing and GeneChips.
Archer, David B. +7 more
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A non-canonical melanin biosynthesis pathway protects Aspergillus terreus conidia from environmental stress [PDF]
, 2016 Pro- and eukaryotes produce melanin for protection from environmental stress or as virulence determinant. The human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and related Ascomycetes produce dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) melanin in conidia, which is essential ...
Balibar +42 more
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Septins focus cellular growth for host infection by pathogenic fungi [PDF]
, 2018 This is the final version of the article. Available from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record.One of the key challenges faced by microbial pathogens is invasion of host tissue. Fungal pathogens adopt a number of distinct strategies to overcome host
Momany, M, Talbot, NJ
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The CarO rhodopsin of the fungus Fusarium fujikuroi is a light-driven proton pump that retards spore germination [PDF]
, 2015 Rhodopsins are membrane-embedded photoreceptors found in all major taxonomic kingdoms using retinal as their chromophore. They play well-known functions in different biological systems, but their roles in fungi remain unknown.
Brunk, Michael +3 more
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A Comprehensive Characterization of Simple Sequence Repeats in the Sequenced Trichoderma Genomes Provides Valuable Resources for Marker Development [PDF]
, 2016 Members of genus Trichoderma are known worldwide for mycoparasitism. To gain a better insight into the organization and evolution of their genomes, we used an in-silico approach to compare the occurrence, relative abundance and density of SSRs in T ...
Aradhana Mishra +8 more
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