Background Populations of the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae display a
complex and rich genetic diversity, yet the existence of sexual reproduction in the fungus …

Verticillium dahliae is a soil-borne plant pathogenic fungus that causes Verticillium wilt on
hundreds of dicotyledonous plant species. V. dahliae is considered an asexually (clonal) …

Verticillium dahliae is a cosmopolitan, soilborne fungus that causes a significant wilt disease
on a wide variety of plant hosts including economically important crops, ornamentals, and …

Mating-type transcription factors are master regulators of sexually related signal transduction
pathways in fungi; however, their recognition of specific DNA sequences from target genes …

Rice false smut caused by Villosiclava virens is one of the destructive diseases on panicles
of rice. Sexual development of V. virens, controlled by mating-type locus, plays an important …

Transcription factors (TFs) bind to the promoters of target genes to regulate gene expression
in response to different stimuli. The functions and regulatory mechanisms of transcription …

Sexual development in the filamentous model ascomycete T richoderma reesei (syn. H
ypocrea jecorina) was described only a few years ago. In this study, we show a novel role for …

Fungi do not have different sexes characterized by specific morphological organs but control
sexual development by physiological differences defined by mating types. While other …

During the life cycle of heterothallic tetrapolar Agaricomycetes such as Lentinula edodes
(Berk.) Pegler, the mating type system, composed of unlinked A and B loci, plays a vital role …

Fungal mating-type loci (MAT) encode transcription factors (TFs) MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1,
which govern sexual reproduction as well as other developmental processes. In Penicillium …