The fungus Fusarium fujikuroi causes “bakanae” disease of rice due to its ability to produce
gibberellins (GAs), but it is also known for producing harmful mycotoxins. However, the …

The cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum produces secondary metabolites toxic to humans
and animals, yet coordinated transcriptional regulation of gene clusters remains largely a …

Plant pathogens secrete an arsenal of small secreted proteins (SSPs) acting as effectors
that modulate host immunity to facilitate infection. SSP-encoding genes are often located in …

Background Supernumerary chromosomes have been found in many organisms. In fungi,
these “accessory” or “dispensable” chromosomes are present at different frequencies in …

In this work, the biosynthesis and regulation of the polyketide synthase/nonribosomal peptide
synthetase (PKS/NRPS)-derived mutagenic mycotoxin fusarin C was studied in the fungus …

How centromeres are assembled and maintained remains one of the fundamental questions
in cell biology. Over the past 20 years, the idea of centromeres as precise genetic loci has …

Chromosome and genome stability are important for normal cell function as instability often
correlates with disease and dysfunction of DNA repair mechanisms. Many organisms …

Many secondary metabolites are produced by biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that are
repressed during standard growth conditions, which complicates the discovery of novel …

Fusarium oxysporum is an economically important pathogen causing wilting or rotting
disease symptoms in a large number of crops. It is proposed to have a structured, “two-speed” …

The presence or absence of specific transcription factors, chromatin remodeling machineries,
chromatin modification enzymes, post-translational histone modifications and histone …