Aspergillus nidulans synthesize insect juvenile hormones upon expression of a heterologous regulatory protein and in response to grazing by Drosophila melanogaster larvae.

Secondary metabolites are known to serve a wide range of specialized functions including communication, developmental control and defense. Genome sequencing of several fungal model species revealed that the majority of predicted secondary metabolite related genes are silent in laboratory strains, in...

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Main Authors: Morten Thrane Nielsen, Marie Louise Klejnstrup, Marko Rohlfs, Diana Chinyere Anyaogu, Jakob Blæsbjerg Nielsen, Charlotte Held Gotfredsen, Mikael Rørdam Andersen, Bjarne Gram Hansen, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen, Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23991191/pdf/?tool=EBI