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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 developmentOpsinEvolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes
Wang Z, Johnston PR, Yang ZL, Townsend JP. Evolution of Reproductive Morphology in Leaf Endophytes. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e4246. PMID: 19158947, PMCID: PMC2617777, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeaf endophytesEcological roleDead host tissuesCommon developmental pathwayEndophytic lifestyleAsexual developmentSaprobic speciesReproductive structuresReproductive morphologySaprobic fungiFungal tissueFungal classificationDead woodEndophytic fungiDevelopmental pathwaysBody sizeFungal morphologySignificant divergenceLeotiomycetesFungiEndophytesHost tissuesProblematic groupRhytismatalesImportant roleEvolution of helotialean fungi (Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina): A nuclear rDNA phylogeny
Wang Z, Binder M, Schoch CL, Johnston PR, Spatafora JW, Hibbett DS. Evolution of helotialean fungi (Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina): A nuclear rDNA phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 2006, 41: 295-312. PMID: 16837216, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelotialean fungiMolecular phylogenyBasal lineagePhylogenetic distributionRDNA phylogenyWider taxonLSU rDNARDNA regionMultiple cladesEcological factorsHelotialesLeotiomycetesPhylogenyRDNACladeProblematic groupFungiTraditional classificationBayesian analysisDivergent characterCurrent classificationMyxotrichaceaeEndophytismDeep relationshipGeoglossomycetesA new species of Cudonia based on morphological and molecular data
Wang Z, Binder M, Hibbett D. A new species of Cudonia based on morphological and molecular data. Mycologia 2002, 94: 641-650. PMID: 21156537, DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2003.11833192.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes
Zhang N, Wang Z. 3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes. The Mycota 2015, 57-88. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46011-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular phylogenetic analysisClose evolutionary relationshipMolecular phylogenyPlant endophytesEvolutionary relationshipsPlant pathogensPhylogenetic analysisGenomic eraSubcellular dataApothecial ascomataClass SordariomycetesPhylogenetic classificationAnimal associatesAscomycetous fungiFungal classificationGenome sequencingUnitunicate asciLeotiomycetesSordariomycetesFungiOrdinal levelPezizomycotinaLaboulbeniomycetesGeoglossomycetesSaprobes