DHN melanin biosynthesis in the plant pathogenic fungusBotrytis cinereais based on two developmentally regulated key enzyme (PKS)-encoding genes

Unraveling the Function of the Response Regulator BcSkn7 in the Stress Signaling Network of Botrytis cinerea

(2015) Anne Viefhues et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Loss ofbcbrn1andbcpks13inBotrytis cinereaNot Only Blocks Melanization But Also Increases Vegetative Growth and Virulence

(2015) Chenghua Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The VELVET Complex in the Gray Mold Fungus Botrytis cinerea: Impact of BcLAE1 on Differentiation, Secondary Metabolism, and Virulence

(2015) Julia Schumacher et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Spatial regulation of a common precursor from two distinct genes generates metabolite diversity

(2015) Chun-Jun Guo et al.   Chemical Science

Functional characterization of a veA-dependent polyketide synthase gene in Aspergillus flavus necessary for the synthesis of asparasone, a sclerotium-specific pigment

(2014) Jeffrey W. Cary et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Alternaria alternata transcription factor CmrA controls melanization and spore development

(2014) R. Fetzner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Assessing the Effects of Light on Differentiation and Virulence of the Plant Pathogen Botrytis cinerea: Characterization of the White Collar Complex

(2014) Paulo Canessa et al.   PLoS One

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

(2014) Julia Schumacher et al.   PLoS Genetics

Laccases Involved in 1,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus Are Regulated by Developmental Factors and Copper Homeostasis

(2013) Srijana Upadhyay et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Melanin Is Not Required for Turgor Generation but Enhances Cell-Wall Rigidity in Appressoria of the Corn Pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola

(2013) Nancy Ludwig et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Functional Bikaverin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster in Rare Strains of Botrytis cinerea Is Positively Controlled by VELVET

(2013) Julia Schumacher et al.   PLoS One

Homologous NRPS-like Gene Clusters Mediate Redundant Small-Molecule Biosynthesis inAspergillus flavus

(2012) Ry R. Forseth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biosynthesis of Fusarubins Accounts for Pigmentation of Fusarium fujikuroi Perithecia

(2012) Lena Studt et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of a Fungal Thioesterase Having Claisen Cyclase and Deacetylase Activities in Melanin Biosynthesis

(2012) Anna L. Vagstad et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Genome Update of Botrytis cinerea Strains B05.10 and T4

(2012) Martijn Staats et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Tools for Botrytis cinerea: New expression vectors make the gray mold fungus more accessible to cell biology approaches

(2012) Julia Schumacher   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Involvement of BcVeA and BcVelB in regulating conidiation, pigmentation and virulence in Botrytis cinerea

(2012) Qianqian Yang et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

LAC2Encoding a Secreted Laccase Is Involved in Appressorial Melanization and Conidial Pigmentation inColletotrichum orbiculare

(2012) Shao Yu Lin et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Regulation of fungal secondary metabolism

(2012) Axel A. Brakhage   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Natural Variation in the VELVET Gene bcvel1 Affects Virulence and Light-Dependent Differentiation in Botrytis cinerea

(2012) Julia Schumacher et al.   PLoS One

Transcription Factor Amr1 Induces Melanin Biosynthesis and Suppresses Virulence in Alternaria brassicicola

(2012) Yangrae Cho et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Synthesis and assembly of fungal melanin

(2011) Helene C. Eisenman et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The molecular and genetic basis of conidial pigmentation in Aspergillus niger

(2011) Thomas R. Jørgensen et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Microbial ultraviolet sunscreens

(2011) Qunjie Gao et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

(2011) Joelle Amselem et al.   PLoS Genetics

High diversity of polyketide synthase genes and the melanin biosynthesis gene cluster in Penicillium marneffei

(2010) Patrick C. Y. Woo et al.   FEBS Journal

The osmosensing signal transduction pathway from Botrytis cinerea regulates cell wall integrity and MAP kinase pathways control melanin biosynthesis with influence of light

(2010) Weiwei Liu et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Characterization of a polyketide synthase in Aspergillus niger whose product is a precursor for both dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) melanin and naphtho-γ-pyrone

(2010) Yi-Ming Chiang et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

ChMCO1 of Cochliobolus heterostrophus is a new class of metallo-oxidase, playing an important role in DHN-melanization

(2010) Yoshimoto Saitoh et al.   MYCOSCIENCE

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

(2009) M. Olmedo et al.   GENETICS

Biosynthesis of the red pigment bikaverin inFusarium fujikuroi: genes, their function and regulation

(2009) Philipp Wiemann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The role of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signalling components and the Ste12 transcription factor in germination and pathogenicity ofBotrytis cinerea

(2009) ASTRID SCHAMBER et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Melanin synthesis by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

(2009) Michael J. Butler et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Production of Pyomelanin, a Second Type of Melanin, via the Tyrosine Degradation Pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus

(2008) J. Schmaler-Ripcke et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

New Biosynthetic Step in the Melanin Pathway ofWangiella(Exophiala)dermatitidis: Evidence for 2-Acetyl-1,3,6,8-Tetrahydroxynaphthalene as a Novel Precursor

(2008) Michael H. Wheeler et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Characterization of the BMR1 gene encoding a transcription factor for melanin biosynthesis genes in the phytopathogenic fungus Bipolaris oryzae

(2008) Junichi Kihara et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Transcriptome analysis reveals new insight into appressorium formation and function in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

(2008) Yeonyee Oh et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY