Lignocellulosic biomass, which mainly consists of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, is the
most abundant renewable source for production of biofuel and biorefinery products. The …

The ability of pathogenic fungi to switch between a multicellular hyphal and unicellular yeast
growth form is a tightly regulated process known as dimorphic switching. Dimorphic …

Insidious fungal infections by postharvest pathogens remain quiescent during fruit growth
until, at a particular phase during fruit ripening and senescence, the pathogens switch to the …

Aspergillus flavus is a representative fungal species in the Aspergillus section Flavi and has
been used as a model system to gain insights into fungal development and toxin production …

Calcium ions are ubiquitous intracellular messengers. An increase in the cytosolic Ca2+
concentration activates many proteins, including calmodulin and the Ca2+/calmodulin …

Attenuated activity of echinocandin antifungals at high concentrations, known as the
“paradoxical effect,” is a well-established phenomenon in Candida albicans and Aspergillus …

Asexual development (conidiation) in Aspergillus is governed by multiple regulators. Here,
we characterize the upstream developmental activator FlbC in Aspergillus nidulans. flbC …

Calcium transporters that mediate the removal of Ca2+ from the cytosol and into internal
stores provide a critical role in regulating Ca2+ signals following stimulus induction and in …

Ca2+, as a second messenger in cells, enables organisms to adapt to different
environmental stresses by rapidly sensing and responding to external stimuli. In recent …

Calcineurin signaling plays diverse roles in fungi in regulating stress responses,
morphogenesis and pathogenesis. Although calcineurin signaling is conserved among …