supported by the National 973 Program of China(2015CB150600);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(2017A030310144)
The basidiomycetous fungus Sporisorium scitamineum causes sugarcane smut that leads to severe economic losses in the major sugarcane growing areas in China,India and Brazil,etc.Autophagy is a conserved pathway in euka...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB127700);National Natural ScienceFoundation of China (31371882, 31401693);the 111 Project of the Ministry of Education of China (B07049)
Obligate biotrophic fungi cause serious and widespread diseases of crop plants, but are challenging to investigate because they cannot be cultured in vitro. The two economically important groups of biotrophic fungi pa...
Supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(21225626);the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CBA00800);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21376002,21476111);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20131405);the National High-Tech R&D Program of China(2014AA021703);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Mortierella alpina has been considered as the most effective producer of arachidonic acid(ARA)-rich oil. It was found that several methods could improve the percentage of ARA in total lipids successfully, as they acti...
the National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB127700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31401693);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2014M550514).
Wheat stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici(Pst)poses a great threat to wheat production worldwide.The rapid change in virulence of Pst leads to a loss of resistance in currently resistant wheat cult...
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31270403);from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2010CB833802) is gratefully acknowledged
A new polyoxygenated dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrrole-4,5-dione derivative, pyranonigrin F (1), together with a related known compound, pyranonigrin A (2), were isolated and identified from Penicillium brocae MA-231, a...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB945300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31221091)
With the rapid increase of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and the decline of discovery and development of new antibiotics,there is an urgent need to exploit alternative anti-infective drugs.Fungal defensin-like peptid...
financially supported by NSFC (No. 21172204)&NSFS (No. ZR2009CQ014);863 Program of China (Nos. 2013AA092901, 2012AA092104 and 2011AA09070106);973 Program of China (No. 2010CB833804);Scientifc Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education of China (No. [2010]1174)
A new cytotoxic pyrrolidinoindoline diketopiperazine dimer, cristatumin E (1), was isolated from the fermentation broth of the algal fungus Eurotium herbariorum HT-2 associated with the marine algae, Enteromorpha pr...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2009CB118904);National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2007BAI32B00);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31225023)
The caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis (best known as Cordyceps sinensis) mummifies ghost moth larvae exclusively in Tibetan Plateau alpine ecosystems. Touted as "Himalayan Viagra", the fungus is highly prized...
supported by the Natural Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No 30770043);the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2007CB707801);the Tianjin Science and Technology Development Plan (Grant No 06YFGSH00500)
The CLC chloride channel gene CLC-A of the pathogen yeast Cryptococcus neoformans was previously reported to be critical for multicopper laccase activity and growth at an elevated pH.This study reports that copper hom...
supported by the National Key Project for Basic Research and Development(G1999011803).
Many microorganisms can dissolve the insoluble phosphates like apatite. However, the mechanisms are still not clear. This study was an attempt to investigate the mechanisms of rock phosphate solubiliza-tion by an Aspe...