Fungal morphogenesis, from the polarized growth of hyphae to complex reproduction and infection structures

M Riquelme, J Aguirre, S Bartnicki-García… - Microbiology and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Filamentous fungi constitute a large group of eukaryotic microorganisms that grow by
forming simple tube-like hyphae that are capable of differentiating into more-complex …

Reactive oxygen species in phytopathogenic fungi: signaling, development, and disease

J Heller, P Tudzynski - Annual review of phytopathology, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a major role in pathogen-plant interactions: recognition
of a pathogen by the plant rapidly triggers the oxidative burst, which is necessary for further …

Oxidative stress response pathways in fungi

H Yaakoub, S Mina, A Calenda, JP Bouchara… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Fungal response to any stress is intricate, specific, and multilayered, though it employs only
a few evolutionarily conserved regulators. This comes with the assumption that one …

Fungal dimorphism: the switch from hyphae to yeast is a specialized morphogenetic adaptation allowing colonization of a host

KJ Boyce, A Andrianopoulos - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Oxidative stress-related transcription factors in the regulation of secondary metabolism

SY Hong, LV Roze, JE Linz - Toxins, 2013 - mdpi.com
There is extensive and unequivocal evidence that secondary metabolism in filamentous
fungi and plants is associated with oxidative stress. In support of this idea, transcription …

Master and commander in fungal pathogens: the two-component system and the HOG signaling pathway

YS Bahn - Eukaryotic cell, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
All living organisms, whether they be single-or multicellular, actively interact with their
surrounding environments and modulate their physiological status to maintain cellular …

Aspergillus nidulans transcription factor AtfA interacts with the MAPK SakA to regulate general stress responses, development and spore functions

F Lara‐Rojas, O Sánchez, L Kawasaki… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi utilize a phosphorelay system coupled to a MAP kinase module for sensing and
processing environmental signals. In Aspergillus nidulans, response regulator SskA …

Fungi use the SakA (HogA) pathway for phytochrome-dependent light signalling

Z Yu, O Armant, R Fischer - Nature microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Stress-sensing in fungi depends on a signalling cascade comprised of a two-component
phosphorylation relay plus a subsequent MAP kinase cascade to trigger gene expression …

Role of the osmotic stress regulatory pathway in morphogenesis and secondary metabolism in filamentous fungi

R Duran, JW Cary, AM Calvo - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Environmental stimuli trigger an adaptative cellular response to optimize the probability of
survival and proliferation. In eukaryotic organisms from mammals to fungi osmotic stress …

Stress Response and Pathogenicity of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogen Alternaria alternata

KR Chung - Scientifica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The production of host‐selective toxins by the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria alternata is
essential for the pathogenesis. A. alternata infection in citrus leaves induces rapid lipid …