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Fungal light sensing at the bench and beyond

Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries ; In Advances in genetics, 96, p.1-51, 2016Trabajos contenidos:
  • Fuller, K. K
  • Dunlap, J. C
  • Loros, J. J
Tema(s): Recursos en línea: Resumen: Visible light is a pervasive environmental signal that orients most organisms in space and time. For a fungus, the detection of light is facilitated by diverse classes of photoreceptor proteins, which in turn coordinate growth, spore dispersal, stress resistance, primary metabolism, and toxin production. We will first provide a discussion on signal input, focusing on recent insights into how fungal photoreceptors detect and transmit information at the biochemical and molecular levels. We will then pivot our discussion to how light influences fungal behaviors that are of industrial, agricultural, or even medical relevance. Because the light environment can be easily manipulated in many contexts, we will argue that understanding fungal photobiology is both an important basic and applied endeavor.
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Visible light is a pervasive environmental signal that orients most organisms in space and time. For a fungus, the detection of light is facilitated by diverse classes of photoreceptor proteins, which in turn coordinate growth, spore dispersal, stress resistance, primary metabolism, and toxin production. We will first provide a discussion on signal input, focusing on recent insights into how fungal photoreceptors detect and transmit information at the biochemical and molecular levels. We will then pivot our discussion to how light influences fungal behaviors that are of industrial, agricultural, or even medical relevance. Because the light environment can be easily manipulated in many contexts, we will argue that understanding fungal photobiology is both an important basic and applied endeavor.

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