Light sensing by opsins and fungal ecology: NOP-1 modulates entry into sexual reproduction in response to environmental cues

How light affects the life of Botrytis

(2017) Julia Schumacher   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

The ancestral levels of transcription and the evolution of sexual phenotypes in filamentous fungi

(2017) Frances Trail et al.   PLoS Genetics

Exploring the binding properties and structural stability of an opsin in the chytrid Spizellomyces punctatus using comparative and molecular modeling

(2017) Steven R. Ahrendt et al.   PeerJ

The Fast-Evolving phy-2 Gene Modulates Sexual Development in Response to Light in the Model Fungus Neurospora crassa

(2016) Zheng Wang et al.   mBio

The CarO rhodopsin of the fungus Fusarium fujikuroi is a light-driven proton pump that retards spore germination

(2015) Jorge García-Martínez et al.   Scientific Reports

Global Analysis of Predicted G Protein−Coupled Receptor Genes in the Filamentous Fungus, Neurospora crassa

(2015) Ilva E. Cabrera et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

A Rhodopsin-Guanylyl Cyclase Gene Fusion Functions in Visual Perception in a Fungus

(2014) Gabriela M. Avelar et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fungal photobiology: visible light as a signal for stress, space and time

(2014) Kevin K. Fuller et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Divergent Positive Selection in Rhodopsin from Lake and Riverine Cichlid Fishes

(2014) Ryan K. Schott et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Gene Expression Differences among Three Neurospora Species Reveal Genes Required for Sexual Reproduction in Neurospora crassa

(2014) Nina A. Lehr et al.   PLoS One

Neurospora crassa Female Development Requires the PACC and Other Signal Transduction Pathways, Transcription Factors, Chromatin Remodeling, Cell-To-Cell Fusion, and Autophagy

(2014) Jennifer L. Chinnici et al.   PLoS One

Genome-Wide Characterization of Light-Regulated Genes in Neurospora crassa

(2014) C. Wu et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

The Transcription Factor BcLTF1 Regulates Virulence and Light Responses in the Necrotrophic Plant Pathogen Botrytis cinerea

(2014) Julia Schumacher et al.   PLoS Genetics

Contributions of green light to plant growth and development

(2013) Yihai Wang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Bayesian Network Webserver: a comprehensive tool for biological network modeling

(2013) Jesse D. Ziebarth et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Light inhibits spore germination through phytochrome in Aspergillus nidulans

(2013) Julian Röhrig et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Global Gene Expression and Focused Knockout Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with Fungal Fruiting Body Development in Neurospora crassa

(2013) Zheng Wang et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Transcriptomic profiling-based mutant screen reveals three new transcription factors mediating menadione resistance in Neurospora crassa

(2013) Jufen Zhu et al.   Fungal Biology

An Update of DIVERGE Software for Functional Divergence Analysis of Protein Family

(2013) Xun Gu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sexual reproduction and mating-type–mediated strain development in the penicillin-producing fungusPenicillium chrysogenum

(2013) Julia Böhm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complex patterns of divergence among green-sensitive (RH2a) African cichlid opsins revealed by Clade model analyses

(2012) Cameron J Weadick et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Reactive oxygen species generation in fungal development and pathogenesis

(2012) Paul Tudzynski et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Sex-specific gene expression during asexual development of Neurospora crassa

(2012) Zheng Wang et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Transcriptome analyses during fruiting body formation in Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium verticillioides reflect species life history and ecology

(2012) Usha Rani Sikhakolli et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Differential impact of nutrition on developmental and metabolic gene expression during fruiting body development in Neurospora crassa

(2012) Zheng Wang et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

BcAtf1, a global regulator, controls various differentiation processes and phytotoxin production in Botrytis cinerea

(2012) NORA TEMME et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase BcSak1 ofBotrytis cinereaIs Required for Pathogenic Development and Has Broad Regulatory Functions Beyond Stress Response

(2012) Jens Heller et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Importance of MAP Kinases during Protoperithecial Morphogenesis in Neurospora crassa

(2012) Alexander Lichius et al.   PLoS One

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Sordaria macrospora Mutants Identifies Developmental Genes

(2012) Minou Nowrousian et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Reactive Oxygen Species in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Signaling, Development, and Disease

(2011) Jens Heller et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Photochemical characterization of a novel fungal rhodopsin from Phaeosphaeria nodorum

(2011) Ying Fan et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

PhyDesign: an online application for profiling phylogenetic informativeness

(2011) Francesc López-Giráldez et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of Genes Required for Cell-to-Cell Fusion in Neurospora crassa

(2011) Ci Fu et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

An Improved Likelihood Ratio Test for Detecting Site-Specific Functional Divergence among Clades of Protein-Coding Genes

(2011) Cameron J. Weadick et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Running in reverse: rhodopsins sense voltage

(2011) Loren L Looger   NATURE METHODS

Arabidopsis 3-Ketoacyl-CoA Thiolase-2 (KAT2), an Enzyme of Fatty Acid β-Oxidation, is Involved in ABA Signal Transduction

(2011) Tao Jiang et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

SATé-II: Very Fast and Accurate Simultaneous Estimation of Multiple Sequence Alignments and Phylogenetic Trees

(2011) Kevin Liu et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Fungi, Hidden in Soil or Up in the Air: Light Makes a Difference

(2010) Julio Rodriguez-Romero et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

LOX: inferring Level Of eXpression from diverse methods of census sequencing

(2010) Z. Zhang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A Brief History of Phytochromes

(2010) Nathan C. Rockwell et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Conserved Regulators of Mating Are Essential for Aspergillus fumigatus Cleistothecium Formation

(2010) Edyta Szewczyk et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Transcription Factors in Light and Circadian Clock Signaling Networks Revealed by Genomewide Mapping of Direct Targets for Neurospora White Collar Complex

(2010) Kristina M. Smith et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Neurospora illuminates fungal photoreception

(2010) Chen-Hui Chen et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Spotlight on Aspergillus nidulans photosensory systems

(2010) Özgür Bayram et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Regulation by light in Fusarium

(2010) Javier Avalos et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

A glimpse into the basis of vision in the kingdom Mycota

(2010) Alexander Idnurm et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Antioxidant N-acetyltransferase Mpr1/2 of industrial baker's yeast enhances fermentation ability after air-drying stress in bread dough

(2010) Yu Sasano et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

The Fungal Genetics Stock Center: a repository for 50 years of fungal genetics research

(2010) K. McCluskey et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

ConSurf 2010: calculating evolutionary conservation in sequence and structure of proteins and nucleic acids

(2010) H. Ashkenazy et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genome Expansion and Gene Loss in Powdery Mildew Fungi Reveal Tradeoffs in Extreme Parasitism

(2010) P. D. Spanu et al.   SCIENCE

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Fungi

(2009) Jason E. Stajich et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of light-inducible responses reveals hierarchical light signalling in Neurospora

(2009) Chen-Hui Chen et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Cloning and expression analysis of two opsin-like genes in the phytopathogenic fungusBipolaris oryzae

(2009) Junichi Kihara et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

A complex photoreceptor system mediates the regulation by light of the conidiation genes con-10 and con-6 in Neurospora crassa

(2009) María Olmedo et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Regulation by Blue Light of the fluffy Gene Encoding a Major Regulator of Conidiation in Neurospora crassa

(2009) M. Olmedo et al.   GENETICS

Regulation and Targeted Mutation of opsA, Coding for the NOP-1 Opsin Orthologue in Fusarium fujikuroi

(2009) Alejandro F. Estrada et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transcriptional analysis of the response of Neurospora crassa to phytosphingosine reveals links to mitochondrial function

(2009) A. Videira et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

DoesBotrytis cinereaIgnore H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress During Infection? Characterization ofBotrytisActivator Protein 1

(2009) Nora Temme et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Evolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes

(2009) Zheng Wang et al.   PLoS One

The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

(2009) Conrad L. Schoch et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Analyses of expressed sequence tags from the maize foliar pathogen Cercospora zeae-maydis identify novel genes expressed during vegetative, infectious, and reproductive growth

(2008) Burton H Bluhm et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functional and Physical Interaction of Blue- and Red-Light Sensors in Aspergillus nidulans

(2008) Janina Purschwitz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

NADPH Oxidases NOX-1 and NOX-2 Require the Regulatory Subunit NOR-1 To Control Cell Differentiation and Growth inNeurospora crassa

(2008) Nallely Cano-Domínguez et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

The Fungal Phytochrome FphA fromAspergillus nidulans

(2008) Sonja Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mapping the interaction sites of Aspergillus nidulans phytochrome FphA with the global regulator VeA and the White Collar protein LreB

(2008) Janina Purschwitz et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Discovery of a sexual cycle in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

(2008) Céline M. O’Gorman et al.   NATURE