title: Role of the white collar 1 photoreceptor in carotenogenesis, UV resistance, hydrophobicity, and virulence of Fusarium oxysporum.
abstract: Knockout mutants of Fusarium oxysporum lacking the putative photoreceptor Wc1 were impaired in aerial hyphae, surface hydrophobicity, light-induced carotenogenesis, photoreactivation after UV treatment, and upregulation of photolyase gene transcription. Infection experiments with tomato plants and immunodepressed mice revealed that Wc1 is dispensable for pathogenicity on plants but required for full virulence on mammals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio Gregor Mendel, Campus de Rabanales, E14071 Córdoba, Spain. ge2rurom@uco.es
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Roldán
authors.forename: Victoriano
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garre
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarro
authors.forename: Marçal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mariné
authors.forename: M Isabel G
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Roncero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial; D002338:Carotenoids