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
2012
Sex-specific gene expression during asexual development of Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Kin K, López-Giráldez F, Johannesson H, Townsend JP. Sex-specific gene expression during asexual development of Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genetics And Biology 2012, 49: 533-543. PMID: 22626843, PMCID: PMC3397379, DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMating-type genesAsexual developmentMating typesNeurospora crassaGene expressionSex-specific gene expressionFungal life historyLight-responsive genesOverall gene expressionExpression levelsDifferent mating typesExpression of pheromonePheromone genesHigh expression levelsMat AType genesLife historyResponse genesExpression differencesDevelopment stagesGenesClonal developmentImpact of lightReceptor geneCrassa