Aflatoxin biosynthesis and genetic regulation: A review

I Caceres, A Al Khoury, R El Khoury, S Lorber… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
The study of fungal species evolved radically with the development of molecular techniques
and produced new evidence to understand specific fungal mechanisms such as the …

Moulding the mould: understanding and reprogramming filamentous fungal growth and morphogenesis for next generation cell factories

TC Cairns, X Zheng, P Zheng, J Sun, V Meyer - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2019 - Springer
Filamentous fungi are harnessed as cell factories for the production of a diverse range of
organic acids, proteins, and secondary metabolites. Growth and morphology have critical …

Mechanism of antifungal activity of Perilla frutescens essential oil against Aspergillus flavus by transcriptomic analysis

Z Hu, K Yuan, Q Zhou, C Lu, L Du, F Liu - Food control, 2021 - Elsevier
The trend of reducing the use of chemical fungicides in the food industry has prompted
antimicrobial volatile substances of plants as an appropriate substitute for food …

Dysfunction of FadA‐cAMP signalling decreases Aspergillus flavus resistance to antimicrobial natural preservative Perillaldehyde and AFB1 biosynthesis

K Yang, Q Geng, Y Luo, R Xie, T Sun… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aspergillus flavus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that colonizes agriculture crops with
aflatoxin contamination. We found that Perillaldehyde (PAE) effectively inhibited A. flavus …

Cross-resistance of the pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata to fungicides with different modes of action

LN Yang, MH He, HB Ouyang, W Zhu, ZC Pan, QJ Sui… - BMC microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Background Cross-resistance, a phenomenon that a pathogen resists to one antimicrobial
compound also resists to one or several other compounds, is one of major threats to human …

Post‐translational modifications drive secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Aspergillus: a review

K Yang, J Tian, NP Keller - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐translational modifications (PTMs) are important for protein function and regulate
multiple cellular processes and secondary metabolites (SMs) in fungi. Aspergillus species …

Genomic and phenotypic trait variation of the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus flavus and its close relatives

EA Hatmaker, M Rangel-Grimaldo, HA Raja… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungal diseases affect millions of humans annually, yet fungal pathogens remain
understudied. The mold Aspergillus flavus can cause both aspergillosis and fungal keratitis …

Antioxidant‐related catalase CTA1 regulates development, aflatoxin biosynthesis, and virulence in pathogenic fungus Aspergillus flavus

Z Zhu, M Yang, Y Bai, F Ge… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induce the synthesis of a myriad of secondary metabolites,
including aflatoxins. It raises significant concern as it is a potent environmental contaminant …

Regulator of G protein signaling contributes to the development and aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus through the regulation of Gα activity

R Xie, K Yang, E Tumukunde, Z Guo… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Heterotrimeric G-proteins play crucial roles in growth, asexual development, and
pathogenicity of fungi. The regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins function as …

毛苕子不同播种量与燕麦混播对群落竞争及燕麦生物量分配的影响

冯琴, 王斌, 海艺蕊, 王腾飞, 倪旺, 邓建强… - 草地 …, 2022 - manu40.magtech.com.cn
黄曲霉毒素是一类具有较强毒性和致癌力的次级代谢产物, 在小麦, 水稻,
玉米和花生等多种粮食, 油料, 饲料和食品中检出率均比较高. 因此, 黄曲霉毒素不仅给人和动物 …