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Published on: May 21, 2020
Comparative genomics of the environmental stress response in ascomycete fungi
1Laboratory of Genetics and Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. agasch@wisc.edu
Abstract:
Unicellular fungi thrive in diverse niches around the world, and many of these niches present unique and stressful challenges that must be contended with by their inhabitants. Numerous studies have investigated the genomic expression responses to environmental stress in 'model' ascomycete fungi, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This review presents a comparative-genomics perspective on the environmental stress response, a common response to diverse stresses. Implications for the role of this response, based on its presence or absence in fungi from disparate ecological niches, are discussed.
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