Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the fungal genus Aspergillus
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INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos
ORGANISM(S): Aspergillus Wentii Aspergillus Foetidus Var. Acidus Aspergillus Versicolor Aspergillus Zonatus Aspergillus Aculeatus Atcc 16872 Aspergillus Carbonarius Item 5010 Aspergillus Tubingensis Aspergillus Brasiliensis Aspergillus Sydowii
TISSUE(S): Fungal Cell
SUBMITTER: 
Marcos Di Falco
LAB HEAD: Ronald de Vries
PROVIDER: PXD005563 | Pride | 2018-10-26
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus.
de Vries Ronald P RP Riley Robert R Wiebenga Ad A Aguilar-Osorio Guillermo G Amillis Sotiris S Uchima Cristiane Akemi CA Anderluh Gregor G Asadollahi Mojtaba M Askin Marion M Barry Kerrie K Battaglia Evy E Bayram Özgür Ö Benocci Tiziano T Braus-Stromeyer Susanna A SA Caldana Camila C Cánovas David D Cerqueira Gustavo C GC Chen Fusheng F Chen Wanping W Choi Cindy C Clum Alicia A Dos Santos Renato Augusto Corrêa RA Damásio André Ricardo de Lima AR Diallinas George G Emri Tamás T Fekete Erzsébet E Flipphi Michel M Freyberg Susanne S Gallo Antonia A Gournas Christos C Habgood Rob R Hainaut Matthieu M Harispe María Laura ML Henrissat Bernard B Hildén Kristiina S KS Hope Ryan R Hossain Abeer A Karabika Eugenia E Karaffa Levente L Karányi Zsolt Z Kraševec Nada N Kuo Alan A Kusch Harald H LaButti Kurt K Lagendijk Ellen L EL Lapidus Alla A Levasseur Anthony A Lindquist Erika E Lipzen Anna A Logrieco Antonio F AF MacCabe Andrew A Mäkelä Miia R MR Malavazi Iran I Melin Petter P Meyer Vera V Mielnichuk Natalia N Miskei Márton M Molnár Ákos P ÁP Mulé Giuseppina G Ngan Chew Yee CY Orejas Margarita M Orosz Erzsébet E Ouedraogo Jean Paul JP Overkamp Karin M KM Park Hee-Soo HS Perrone Giancarlo G Piumi Francois F Punt Peter J PJ Ram Arthur F J AF Ramón Ana A Rauscher Stefan S Record Eric E Riaño-Pachón Diego Mauricio DM Robert Vincent V Röhrig Julian J Ruller Roberto R Salamov Asaf A Salih Nadhira S NS Samson Rob A RA Sándor Erzsébet E Sanguinetti Manuel M Schütze Tabea T Sepčić Kristina K Shelest Ekaterina E Sherlock Gavin G Sophianopoulou Vicky V Squina Fabio M FM Sun Hui H Susca Antonia A Todd Richard B RB Tsang Adrian A Unkles Shiela E SE van de Wiele Nathalie N van Rossen-Uffink Diana D Oliveira Juliana Velasco de Castro JV Vesth Tammi C TC Visser Jaap J Yu Jae-Hyuk JH Zhou Miaomiao M Andersen Mikael R MR Archer David B DB Baker Scott E SE Benoit Isabelle I Brakhage Axel A AA Braus Gerhard H GH Fischer Reinhard R Frisvad Jens C JC Goldman Gustavo H GH Houbraken Jos J Oakley Berl B Pócsi István I Scazzocchio Claudio C Seiboth Bernhard B vanKuyk Patricia A PA Wortman Jennifer J Dyer Paul S PS Grigoriev Igor V IV
Genome biology 20170214 1
<h4>Background</h4>The fungal genus Aspergillus is of critical importance to humankind. Species include those with industrial applications, important pathogens of humans, animals and crops, a source of potent carcinogenic contaminants of food, and an important genetic model. The genome sequences of eight aspergilli have already been explored to investigate aspects of fungal biology, raising questions about evolution and specialization within this genus.<h4>Results</h4>We have generated genome se ...[more]
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