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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 developmentOpsin
2016
Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data
Wang Z, Nilsson R, James T, Dai Y, Townsend J. Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data. Fungal Biology 2016, 25-46. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_3.ChaptersFungal systematicsMolecular phylogenyEnvironmental DNA surveysHigh-throughput sequencingSequence-based classificationFungal treeFungal evolutionPhylogenetic informativenessFungal genomesIntegrative taxonomyDNA surveysFungal researchEvolutionary biologyPhylogenetic inferenceComparative biologyTaxonomic ranksEcological charactersFungal classificationInformative experimental designGenetic markersMycological researchPhylogenySanger sequencingSystematicsBiology