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Trichoderma : the genomics of opportunistic success by Kubicek, Christian P, Druzhinina, Irina S, Seidl-Seiboth, Verena, Herrera-Estrella, Alfredo, Horwitz, Benjamin A, Kenerley, Charles M, Monte, Enrique, Mukherjee, Prasun K, Zeilinger, Susanne, Grigoriev, Igor V

“…Key Points Trichoderma is a genus of filamentous fungi that display a range of lifestyles and interactions with other fungi, animals and plants.Because of…”
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Trichoderma Research in the Genome Era by MUKHERJEE, Prasun K, HORWITZ, Benjamin A, HERRERA-ESTRELLA, Alfredo, SCHMOLL, Monika, KENERLEY, Charles M

“…Trichoderma species are widely used in agriculture and industry as biopesticides and sources of enzymes, respectively. These fungi reproduce asexually by…”
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Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells by Adir, Omer, Albalak, Mia R., Abel, Ravit, Weiss, Lucien E., Chen, Gal, Gruber, Amit, Staufer, Oskar, Kurman, Yaniv, Kaminer, Ido, Shklover, Jeny, Shainsky-Roitman, Janna, Platzman, Ilia, Gepstein, Lior, Shechtman, Yoav, Horwitz, Benjamin A., Schroeder, Avi

“…Development of regulated cellular processes and signaling methods in synthetic cells is essential for their integration with living materials. Light is an…”
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Oxidant-Sensing Pathways in the Responses of Fungal Pathogens to Chemical Stress Signals by Simaan, Hiba, Lev, Sophie, Horwitz, Benjamin A

“…Host defenses expose fungal pathogens to oxidants and antimicrobial chemicals. The fungal cell employs conserved eukaryotic signaling pathways and dedicated…”
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Trichoderma–Plant–Pathogen Interactions: Advances in Genetics of Biological Control by Mukherjee, Mala, Mukherjee, Prasun K, Horwitz, Benjamin A, Zachow, Christin, Berg, Gabriele, Zeilinger, Susanne

“…Trichoderma spp. are widely used in agriculture as biofungicides. Induction of plant defense and mycoparasitism (killing of one fungus by another) are…”
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Gliotoxin, an Immunosuppressive Fungal Metabolite, Primes Plant Immunity: Evidence from Trichoderma virens-Tomato Interaction by Zaid, Rinat, Koren, Roni, Kligun, Efrat, Gupta, Rupali, Leibman-Markus, Meirav, Mukherjee, Prasun K., Kenerley, Charles M., Bar, Maya, Horwitz, Benjamin A.

“…Beneficial interaction of members of the fungal genus Trichoderma with plant roots primes the plant immune system, promoting systemic resistance to pathogen…”
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Looking through the eyes of fungi: molecular genetics of photoreception by Herrera‐Estrella, Alfredo, Horwitz, Benjamin A.

“…Summary Filamentous fungi respond to a variety of environmental signals. One of them is light, providing critical information about orientation, or impending…”
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Secretome Analysis of Arabidopsis–Trichoderma atroviride Interaction Unveils New Roles for the Plant Glutamate:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase GGAT1 in Plant Growth Induced by the Fungus and Resistance against Botrytis cinerea by González-López, María del Carmen, Jijón-Moreno, Saúl, Dautt-Castro, Mitzuko, Ovando-Vázquez, Cesaré, Ziv, Tamar, Horwitz, Benjamin A., Casas-Flores, Sergio

“…The establishment of plant–fungus mutualistic interaction requires bidirectional molecular crosstalk. Therefore, the analysis of the interacting organisms…”
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GqPCR-stimulated dephosphorylation of AKT is induced by an IGBP1-mediated PP2A switch by Nadel, Guy, Yao, Zhong, Wainstein, Ehud, Cohen, Izel, Ben-Ami, Ido, Schajnovitz, Amir, Maik-Rachline, Galia, Naor, Zvi, Horwitz, Benjamin A, Seger, Rony

“…G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) usually regulate cellular processes via activation of intracellular signaling pathways. However, we have previously shown…”
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Developmental Roles of the Hog1 Protein Phosphatases of the Maize Pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus by Zuchman, Rina, Koren, Roni, Horwitz, Benjamin A

“…Protein phosphorylation cascades are universal in cell signaling. While kinome diversity allows specific phosphorylation events, relatively few phosphatases…”
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Melanin Biosynthesis in the Maize Pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus Depends on Two Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Chk1 and Mps1, and the Transcription Factor Cmr1 by Eliahu, Noa, Igbaria, Aeid, Rose, Mark S, Horwitz, Benjamin A, Lev, Sophie

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Comparative analysis of fungal protein kinases and associated domains by Kosti, Idit, Mandel-Gutfreund, Yael, Glaser, Fabian, Horwitz, Benjamin A

“…Protein phosphorylation is responsible for a large portion of the regulatory functions of eukaryotic cells. Although the list of sequenced genomes of…”
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Editorial: Molecular Intricacies of Trichoderma-Plant-Pathogen Interactions by Mukherjee, Prasun K., Horwitz, Benjamin A., Vinale, Francesco, Hohmann, Pierre, Atanasova, Lea, Mendoza-Mendoza, Artemio

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Adhesion as a Focus in Trichoderma-Root Interactions by Taylor, James T, Harting, Rebekka, Shalaby, Samer, Kenerley, Charles M, Braus, Gerhard H, Horwitz, Benjamin A

“…Fungal spores, germlings, and mycelia adhere to substrates, including host tissues. The adhesive forces depend on the substrate and on the adhesins, the fungal…”
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Overlapping and distinct functions of two Trichoderma virens MAP kinases in cell-wall integrity, antagonistic properties and repression of conidiation by Kumar, Ashish, Scher, Keren, Mukherjee, Mala, Pardovitz-Kedmi, Ella, Sible, George V., Singh, Uma S., Kale, Sharad P., Mukherjee, Prasun K., Horwitz, Benjamin A.

“…► First functional analysis of a cell-wall integrity MAPK in the filamentous ascomycete Trichoderma. ► The genus Trichoderma is important in biocontrol of…”
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Plant phenolic compounds and oxidative stress: integrated signals in fungal–plant interactions by Shalaby, Samer, Horwitz, Benjamin A.

“…Upon invasion of a host, fungal pathogens are exposed to a variety of stresses. Plants release reactive oxygen species, and mount a variety of preformed and…”
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Structure-Activity Relationships Delineate How the Maize Pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus Uses Aromatic Compounds as Signals and Metabolites by SHALABY, Samer, HORWITZ, Benjamin A, LARKOV, Olga

“…The necrotrophic maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus senses plant-derived phenolic compounds, which promote nuclear retention of the redox-sensitive…”
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Trichoderma atroviride PHR1, a Fungal Photolyase Responsible for DNA Repair, Autoregulates Its Own Photoinduction by Gloria M. Berrocal-Tito, Edgardo U. Esquivel-Naranjo, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

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Iron, Oxidative Stress, and Virulence: Roles of Iron-Sensitive Transcription Factor Sre1 and the Redox Sensor ChAp1 in the Maize Pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus by NING ZHANG, MOHDZAINUDIN, Nur A. I, SCHER, Keren, CONDON, Bradford J, HORWITZ, Benjamin A, GILLIAN TURGEON, B

“…The gene SRE1, encoding the GATA transcription factor siderophore biosynthesis repressor (Sre1), was identified in the genome of the maize pathogen…”
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Trichoderma Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Is Involved in Induction of Plant Systemic Resistance by Viterbo, Ada, Harel, Michal, Horwitz, Benjamin A, Chet, Ilan, Mukherjee, Prasun K

“…The role of a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) TmkA in inducing systemic resistance in cucumber against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv…”
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