Guilherme Thomaz Pereira Brancini

• Abstract

  Aspergillus fumigatus is the most ubiquitous of fungi with airborne spores and inhaling of such structures can lead to Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in immunocompromised individuals. The disease is a serious one and mortality can reach 100% if diagnosis is delayed. Essential to A. fumigatus survival both in decaying matter and in host tissues is the ability to sense the environment. G P…

  Molecular characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus GprJ, a G protein-coupled receptor involved in the control of melanin production, BP.PD

• Abstract

  Light response is a wide studied phenomenon in some fungi, such as Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans. However, the vast majority of fungal species have not had their light response mechanism elucidated. In the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, light is responsible for inducing an increase in tolerance to UV-B (290-315 nm) radiation. Given the potential use of this fung…

  Evaluating the effects of blue and red light on the stress tolerance and the proteome of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, BP.DR

• Abstract

  Conidia are specialized structures produced by many fungal species at a late developmental stage. Conidia are important for reproduction, dispersion and environmental persistence. For the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium spp, conidia are also responsible for host recognition and infection. Despite their importance, many aspects of conidial biology, including their proteomes, remain poo…

  A proteomic approach for the identification of proteins related to stress tolerance in conidia of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, BP.MS

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• Abstract

  The putative methyltransferase LaeA is the master regulator of secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans. Deletion of LaeA coding gene, laeA, results in decreased production of many secondary metabolites including the aflatoxin precursor sterigmatocystin. LaeA also interacts with the velvet protein VeA, a central regulator of development. VeA-LaeA interaction was found to be necessary …

  The Neurospora crassa methyltransferase LAE-1: molecular function and interacting partners, BE.EP.DR