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Beyond asexual development: modifications in the gene expression profile caused by the absence of the Aspergillus nidulans transcription factor FlbB.

Elixabet Oiartzabal-Arano, Aitor Garzia, Ana Gorostidi, Unai Ugalde, Eduardo A Espeso, Oier Etxebeste

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Article in Genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elixabet Oiartzabal-AranoDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of The Basque Country, Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain.
Aitor GarziaDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of The Basque Country, Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain.
Ana GorostidiBiodonostia Research Institute, Genomic Platform, Doctor Begiristain, s/n, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain.
Unai UgaldeDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of The Basque Country, Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain.
Eduardo A EspesoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040, Madrid,Spain.
Oier EtxebesteDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of The Basque Country, Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastian, Spain oier.echeveste@ehu.es.
University of the Basque Country · ESBiogipuzkoa Health Research Institute · ESCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans, asexual development is induced from vegetative hyphae by a set of early regulators including the bZIP-type transcription factor FlbB. To determine the range of genes under the influence of the transcriptional activity of FlbB and to characterize their role in fungal development, we sequenced and compared the transcriptomes of a ΔflbB mutant and its isogenic wild-type strain at different developmental stages. Results confirmed the activating role of FlbB on downstream regulators of conidiation such as flbD and brlA. However, FlbB has additional functions beyond the induction of asexual development. Among the changes observed, absence of a functional FlbB caused induction of the dba cluster and synthesis of a secondary metabolite with bactericidal properties. In addition, a new transcriptional target of FlbB was unveiled, urdA, that codes for a putative transcription factor that represses premature sexual development. Taken together, our results indicate that the activators of asexual development simultaneously exert a role on other cellular functions, including an inhibitory effect on the sexual cycle, and reinforce the hypothesis that mutually exclusive metabolic and cellular patterns are associated with different morphogenetic programs.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, FungalAspergillus nidulansFungal ProteinsGene DeletionReproduction, AsexualSecondary MetabolismTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticTranscriptomeFungal ProteinsTranscription FactorsAspergillus nidulansdevelopmentmRNA sequencingsecondary metabolite clustertranscriptional regulation

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PMID25701285
PMCPMC4391568
OpenAlexW2129084871

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