Fungal secondary metabolism: regulation, function and drug discovery

NP Keller - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
One of the exciting movements in microbial sciences has been a refocusing and
revitalization of efforts to mine the fungal secondary metabolome. The magnitude of …

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 …

Regulation of fungal secondary metabolism

AA Brakhage - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Fungi produce a multitude of low-molecular-mass compounds known as secondary
metabolites, which have roles in a range of cellular processes such as transcription …

Regulation and role of fungal secondary metabolites

J Macheleidt, DJ Mattern, J Fischer… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Fungi have the capability to produce a tremendous number of so-called secondary
metabolites, which possess a multitude of functions, eg, communication signals during …

Advanced mycotoxin control and decontamination techniques in view of an increased aflatoxin risk in Europe due to climate change

M Loi, AF Logrieco, T Pusztahelyi, É Leiter… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aflatoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus spp. found in staple food
and feed commodities worldwide. Aflatoxins are carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic …

Translating biosynthetic gene clusters into fungal armor and weaponry

NP Keller - Nature chemical biology, 2015 - nature.com
Filamentous fungi are renowned for the production of a diverse array of secondary
metabolites (SMs) where the genetic material required for synthesis of a SM is typically …

How fungi defend themselves against microbial competitors and animal predators

M Künzler - PLoS Pathogens, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Filamentous fungi arrange their cells in linear, coenocytic arrays, referred to as hyphae, that
extend at their tips and are able to branch and fuse, leading to a loose, three-dimensional …

Aflatoxin biosynthesis: current frontiers

LV Roze, SY Hong, JE Linz - Annual review of food science and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Aflatoxins are among the principal mycotoxins that contaminate economically important food
and feed crops. Aflatoxin B1 is the most potent naturally occurring carcinogen known and is …

Fungal evolution: cellular, genomic and metabolic complexity

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Molecular mechanisms of Aspergillus flavus secondary metabolism and development

MG Amare, NP Keller - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The plant and human opportunistic fungus Aspergillus flavus is recognized for the
production of the carcinogen aflatoxin. Although many reviews focus on the wealth of …