Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi Book

Contributors ••
Preface ••
I. INTRODUCTION TO THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGI
1 History and Importance to Human Affairs
Joan W. Bennett, Rowland Davis, and Carlene Raper

2 Hyphal Structure
Robert W. Roberson, Maritza Abril, Meredith Blackwell, Peter Letcher, David J. McLaughlin, Rosa R. Mouriño-Pérez, Meritxell Riquelme, and Maho Uchida

3 A Top-Down Systems Biology Approach for the Identification of Targets for Fungal Strain and Process Development
Machtelt Braaksma, Robert A. van den Berg, Mariët J. van der Werf, and Peter J. Punt

4 Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics of the Fungal Tree of Life
Joseph W. Spatafora and Barbara Robbertse

5 Signal Transduction Pathways
Gyungsoon Park, Carol A. Jones, and Katherine A. Borkovich

II. REPLICATION AND EXPRESSION OF THE GENETIC CODE

6 Mitotic Cell Cycle Control
Colin P. C. De Souza and Stephen A. Osmani

7 Meiosis
Claire Burns, Patricia J. Pukkila, and Miriam E. Zolan

8 DNA Repair and Recombination
P. Jane Yeadon, Hirokazu Inoue, Frederick J. Bowring, Keiichiro Suzuki, and David E. A. Catcheside

9 Chromatin Structure and Modification
Zachary A. Lewis and Eric U. Selker

10 Transposable Elements and Repeat-Induced Point Mutation
A. John Clutterbuck and Eric U. Selker

11 Meiotic trans-Sensing and Silencing in Neurospora
Rodolfo Aramayo and Robert J. Pratt

12 Mycoviruses
Donald L. Nuss

III. ORGANELLES

13 Mitochondria and Respiration
Frank E. Nargang and John C. Kennell

14 Vacuoles in Filamentous Fungi
Emma Jean Bowman and Barry J. Bowman

15 Peroxisomes in Filamentous Fungi
Leonardo Peraza-Reyes, Eric Espagne, Sylvie Arnaise, and Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier

IV. HYPHAL GROWTH

16 The Cytoskeleton in Filamentous Fungi
Xin Xiang and Berl Oakley

17 The Cell Wall of Filamentous Fungi
Nir Osherov and Oded Yarden

18 Hyphal Growth and Polarity
Steven D. Harris

19 Hyphal Fusion
Nick D. Read, André Fleißner, M. Gabriela Roca, and N. Louise Glass

20 Biology and Genetics of Vegetative Incompatibility in Fungi
Duur K. Aanen, Alfons J. M. Debets, N. Louise Glass, and Sven J. Saupe

V. METABOLISM

21 Glucose
Margaret E. Katz and Joan M. Kelly

22 Gluconeogenesis
Michael J. Hynes

23 Nitrogen Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi
Meryl A. Davis and Koon Ho Wong

24 Amino Acids and Polyamines: Polyfunctional Proteins, Metabolic Cycles, and Compartmentation
Rowland H. Davis

25 Sulfur, Phosphorus, and Iron Metabolism
John V. Paietta

26 Secondary Metabolism
B. Gillian Turgeon and Kathryn E. Bushley

27 Plant Cell Wall and Chitin Degradation
Christian P. Kubicek, Verena Seidl, and Bernhard Seiboth

VI. PHOTOBIOLOGY AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

28 Light Sensing
Luis M. Corrochano and Javier Avalos

29 Circadian Rhythms
Michael W. Vitalini, Jay C. Dunlap, Christian Heintzen, Yi Liu, Jennifer Loros, and Deborah Bell-Pedersen

VII. NUTRIENT, pH, AND STRESS SENSING

30 How Fungi Sense Sugars, Alcohols, and Amino Acids
Chaoyang Xue, Daniel J. Ebbole, and Joseph Heitman

31 Regulation of Gene Expression by Ambient pH
Joan Tilburn, Herbert N. Arst, Jr., and Miguel A. Peñalva

32 Heat Shock Response
Nora Plesofsky

VIII. SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

33 Mating Systems and Sexual Morphogenesis in Ascomycetes
Robert Debuchy, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, and Philippe Silar

34 Mating and Sexual Morphogenesis in Basidiomycete Fungi
Lorna Casselton and Michael Feldbrügge

IX. ASEXUAL SPORULATION

35 Regulation of Aspergillus Conidiation
Min Ni, Na Gao, Nak-Jung Kwon, Kwang-Soo Shin, and Jae-Hyuk Yu

36 The Conidium
Daniel J. Ebbole

X. INTERACTIONS OF FUNGI WITH PLANTS OR OTHER FUNGI

37 Magnaporthe oryzae and Rice Blast Disease
Chang Hyun Khang and Barbara Valent

38 Fusarium Genetics and Pathogenicity
John F. Leslie and Jin-Rong Xu

39 Ustilago maydis and Maize: a Delightful Interaction
Flora Banuett

40 Necrotrophic Fungi: Live and Let Die
Marty Dickman, Jan van Kan, and Christopher Lawrence

41 Epichloë Endophytes: Models of an Ecological Strategy
Carolyn Young and Heather H. Wilkinson

42 Mycoparasitism
Ada Viterbo and Benjamin A. Horwitz

XI. ANIMAL PATHOGENS

43 Aspergillus fumigatus
Judith C. Rhodes and David S. Askew

44 Cryptococcus neoformans: Budding Yeast and Dimorphic Filamentous Fungus
James W. Kronstad, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Joseph Heitman

45 Histoplasma capsulatum
Chad A. Rappleye

46 The Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans
Saranna Fanning and Aaron P. Mitchell

Index