2023
Lineage-specific genes are clustered with HET-domain genes and respond to environmental and genetic manipulations regulating reproduction in Neurospora
Wang Z, Wang Y, Kasuga T, Lopez-Giraldez F, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Dong C, Sil A, Trail F, Yarden O, Townsend J. Lineage-specific genes are clustered with HET-domain genes and respond to environmental and genetic manipulations regulating reproduction in Neurospora. PLOS Genetics 2023, 19: e1011019. PMID: 37934795, PMCID: PMC10684091, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFungal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGenes, FungalNeurosporaNeurospora crassaPhenotypeReproductionConceptsLineage-specific genesHET domain genesSexual reproductionFunctional roleUnusual carbon sourcesPotential functional roleMating lociAsexual growthGenetic mutantsNeurospora crassaPossible functional roleSexual phaseGenetic manipulationTranscriptomic profilingReproduction regulationGene knockoutPP-1ADV-1Environmental alterationsGenesSexual developmentNeurosporaReproductionCarbon sourceGenetic barrier
2017
Light sensing by opsins and fungal ecology: NOP‐1 modulates entry into sexual reproduction in response to environmental cues
Wang Z, Wang J, Li N, Li J, Trail F, Dunlap JC, Townsend JP. Light sensing by opsins and fungal ecology: NOP‐1 modulates entry into sexual reproduction in response to environmental cues. Molecular Ecology 2017, 27: 216-232. PMID: 29134709, PMCID: PMC5797489, DOI: 10.1111/mec.14425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceConserved SequenceEcological and Environmental PhenomenaFungal ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, FungalGene Knockout TechniquesGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, FungalLightModels, BiologicalMultienzyme ComplexesNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNeurospora crassaOpsinsOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressPhenotypePhylogenyProtein Structure, SecondaryReproductionUp-RegulationConceptsNOP-1Opsin-like proteinFungal ecologyPlant-associated fungiRapid environmental changeOxidative stress responseKey amino acidsFungal genomesComparative transcriptomicsSexual reproductionOrganismal functionNeurospora crassaEnvironmental cuesGenetic basisSensory rhodopsinStress responseNAD/NADPTransmembrane movementRetinal binding siteGenesAmino acidsFungiEnvironmental changesSexual developmentOpsin
2014
Gene Expression Differences among Three Neurospora Species Reveal Genes Required for Sexual Reproduction in Neurospora crassa
Lehr NA, Wang Z, Li N, Hewitt DA, López-Giráldez F, Trail F, Townsend JP. Gene Expression Differences among Three Neurospora Species Reveal Genes Required for Sexual Reproduction in Neurospora crassa. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e110398. PMID: 25329823, PMCID: PMC4203796, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurospora crassaSexual reproductionN. crassaGenetic basisThree-dimensional fruiting bodiesSexual spore productionN. crassa geneBody developmentDiverse life historiesGenome-wide transcriptomicsSexual developmentStudy of meiosisGene expression differencesList of genesGene expression levelsMeiotic machineryMeiosis genesOrthologous genesSporulation genesNeurospora speciesGlomerella graminicolaEvolutionary timeAnimal taxaPerithecium formationLife history
2009
The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits
Schoch CL, Sung GH, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny PB, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A, Suh SO, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Büdel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, O'Donnell K, Sipman H, Rogers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW. The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits. Systematic Biology 2009, 58: 224-239. PMID: 20525580, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCharacter state reconstructionCommon ancestorAncestral character state reconstructionPhylogenetic informativeness analysesSexual reproductive structuresAscus dehiscenceMaximum likelihood phylogenyPhylogenetic informativenessEcological traitsFungal systematicsAncestral reconstructionNutritional modesRibosomal genesLargest phylumMorphological traitsRelated speciesReproductive structuresProtein geneAscomycota TreePezizomycotinaMultiple originsState reconstructionSporocarpsGene assessmentGenes