The koji mold Aspergillus oryzae has been used in traditional Japanese food and beverage
fermentation for over a thousand years. Amylolytic enzymes are important in sake …

The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, also known as yellow koji mold, produces high
levels of hydrolases such as amylolytic and proteolytic enzymes. This property of producing …

Aspergillus nidulans has long-been used as a model organism to gain insights into the
genetic basis of asexual and sexual developmental processes both in other members of the …

As with the majority of the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogens, the rice blast fungus
Magnaporthe oryzae uses highly specialized infection structures called appressoria for plant …

The initial stage of rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, infection, before 36 h
postinoculation, is a critical timespan for deploying pathogen effectors to overcome the …

Colletotrichum fructicola is a devastating fungal pathogen of diverse plants. Sexually
compatible plus and minus strains occur in the same ascus. However, the differentiation …

The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) complex consists of essential and non-
essential sub-complexes. Non-essential eIF3 complex subunits, such as eIF3e, eIF3j, eIF3k …

Biocontrol is a complex process, in which a variety of physiological and biochemical
characteristics are altered. The cAMP signalling pathway is an important signal transduction …

Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens)
can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The …

Transcription factors are key regulatory proteins in all living beings. In fungi, transcription
factors include either broad-domain regulatory proteins that affect the expression of many …