A Proteomic Approach to Investigating Gene Cluster Expression and Secondary Metabolite Functionality in Aspergillus fumigatus

RA Owens, S Hammel, KJ Sheridan, GW Jones… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
A combined proteomics and metabolomics approach was utilised to advance the
identification and characterisation of secondary metabolites in Aspergillus fumigatus. Here …

RNA-seq reveals the pan-transcriptomic impact of attenuating the gliotoxin self-protection mechanism in Aspergillus fumigatus

G O'Keeffe, S Hammel, RA Owens, TM Keane… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Aspergillus fumigatus produces a number of secondary metabolites, one of
which, gliotoxin, has been shown to exhibit anti-fungal activity. Thus, A. fumigatus must be …

Dysregulated gliotoxin biosynthesis attenuates the production of unrelated biosynthetic gene cluster-encoded metabolites in Aspergillus fumigatus

S Doyle, GW Jones, SK Dolan - Fungal biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Gliotoxin is an epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) class toxin, contains a disulfide bridge that
mediates its toxic effects via redox cycling and is produced by the opportunistic fungal …

Identification of cryptic products of the gliotoxin gene cluster using NMR-based comparative metabolomics and a model for gliotoxin biosynthesis

RR Forseth, EM Fox, DW Chung… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Gliotoxin, a major product of the gli non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene cluster, is
strongly associated with virulence of the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus …

Functional genomic profiling of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm reveals enhanced production of the mycotoxin gliotoxin

S Bruns, M Seidler, D Albrecht, S Salvenmoser… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The opportunistic pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus is an increasing cause of morbidity
and mortality in immunocompromized and in part immunocompetent patients. A. fumigatus …

The proteomic signature of Aspergillus fumigatus during early development

SE Cagas, MR Jain, H Li, DS Perlin - Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2011 - ASBMB
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprophytic fungus that causes a range of diseases in humans
including invasive aspergillosis. All forms of disease begin with the inhalation of conidia …

Current status of systems biology in Aspergilli

MR Andersen, J Nielsen - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2009 - Elsevier
In this review, we present a comprehensive overview of the current status of genomics,
transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and metabolic modeling in Aspergillus species …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering metabolic traits of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: redundancy vs. essentiality

J Amich, S Krappmann - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Incidence rates of infections caused by environmental opportunistic fungi have risen over
recent decades. Aspergillus species have emerged as serious threat for the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Insights Into Development and Virulence Determinants of Aspergilli: A Proteomic Perspective

J Shankar, S Tiwari, SK Shishodia… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Aspergillus species are the major cause of health concern worldwide in
immunocompromised individuals. Opportunistic Aspergilli cause invasive to allergic …

Transcriptomic insights into the oxidative response of stress-exposed Aspergillus fumigatus

E Fréalle, CM Aliouat-Denis, L Delhaes… - Current …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
NADPH-oxidase mediated production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) by alveolar
macrophages and neutrophils is a critical mechanism for immune defence against …