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Fungal physiology: Red light plugs into MAPK pathway

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A classical mutant screen and genetic analyses powered by next-generation sequencing reveal that Aspergillus nidulans phytochrome-dependent red light sensing is transmitted via the high-osmolarity-glycerol mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade.

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Figure 1: Revised model of the Hog1 MAPK pathway in Aspergillus nidulans.

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  1. Alexander Idnurm is in the School of BioSciences, the University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.,

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  2. Yong-Sun Bahn is in the Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.,

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Idnurm, A., Bahn, YS. Fungal physiology: Red light plugs into MAPK pathway. Nat Microbiol 1, 16052 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.52

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