Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …
The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …
S Masachis, D Segorbe, D Turrà, M Leon-Ruiz… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Plant infections caused by fungi are often associated with an increase in the pH of the surrounding host tissue 1. Extracellular alkalinization is thought to contribute to fungal …
Fungal plant pathogens secrete effector molecules to establish disease on their hosts, and plants in turn use immune receptors to try to intercept these effectors. The tomato immune …
Background The availability of increasing numbers of sequenced genomes has necessitated a re-evaluation of the evolution of the WRKY transcription factor family. Modern …
DA Fitzpatrick - FEMS microbiology letters, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is frequently observed in prokaryotes and until recently was assumed to be of limited importance to eukaryotes. However, there is an increasing body of …
Fungi contain a remarkable range of metabolic pathways, sometimes encoded by gene clusters, enabling them to digest most organic matter and synthesize an array of potent small …
Climate changes will influence soil organisms both directly (warming) and indirectly (warming and elevated CO2) via changes in quantity and quality of plant‐mediated soil C …
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is increasingly being recognized as a significant force in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes. Plants have been both donors and recipients of …