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
2019
Integrative Activity of Mating Loci, Environmentally Responsive Genes, and Secondary Metabolism Pathways during Sexual Development of Chaetomium globosum
Wang Z, López-Giráldez F, Wang J, Trail F, Townsend JP. Integrative Activity of Mating Loci, Environmentally Responsive Genes, and Secondary Metabolism Pathways during Sexual Development of Chaetomium globosum. MBio 2019, 10: 10.1128/mbio.02119-19. PMID: 31822585, PMCID: PMC6904875, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02119-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionMating lociFungal diversityResponsive genesSexual developmentSecondary metabolism gene clustersGenome-wide gene expressionMating-type genesRich fungal diversitySecondary metabolism pathwaysModel filamentous fungusSecondary metabolic pathwaysWide gene expressionNumerous secondary metabolitesGene expression responsesHistidine kinaseLife cycleSexual reproductionHomothallic speciesDevelopmental genesEvolutionary biologistsHeterokaryon incompatibilityAsexual reproductionDistinct morphological stagesEvolutionary history
2010
Multi-targeted priming for genome-wide gene expression assays
Adomas AB, Lopez-Giraldez F, Clark TA, Wang Z, Townsend JP. Multi-targeted priming for genome-wide gene expression assays. BMC Genomics 2010, 11: 477. PMID: 20716356, PMCID: PMC3091673, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDNA PrimersGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenes, FungalMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMyceliumNeurospora crassaNitrogenOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse TranscriptionRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence Analysis, RNAConceptsGene expressionGene expression assaysNeurospora crassaRibosomal RNAExpression assaysMost protein-coding genesEarly sexual developmentGenome-wide gene expressionTransfer RNA genesProtein-coding genesNitrogen starvation responseGenome of SaccharomycesPreponderance of genesGlobal gene expressionResponse of SaccharomycesCommon sequence motifsSexual developmentDetailed expression profilesReverse transcriptionRNA genesStarvation responseTag sequencingSequence motifsTransfer RNATranscriptomic assays
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