Document Type
Article
Abstract
Environmental stimuli trigger an adaptative cellular response to optimize the probability of survival and proliferation. In eukaryotic organisms from mammals to fungi osmotic stress, mainly through the action of the high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway, leads to a response necessary for adapting and surviving hyperosmotic environments. In this review we show that the osmoadaptative response is conserved but not identical in different fungi. The osmoadaptative response system is also intimately linked to morphogenesis in filamentous fungi, including mycotoxin producers. Previous studies indicate that the response to osmotic stress is also coupled to the biosynthesis of natural products, including mycotoxins.
DOI
10.3390/toxins2040367
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Recommended Citation
Duran R.M., Cary J.W, Calvo A.M. 2010.Role of the Osmotic Stress Regulatory Pathway in Morphogenesis and Secondary Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi. Toxins, 2: 367-381.
Original Citation
Duran R.M., Cary J.W, Calvo A.M. 2010.Role of the Osmotic Stress Regulatory Pathway in Morphogenesis and Secondary Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi. Toxins, 2: 367-381.
Legacy Department
Department of Biological Sciences
ISSN
2072-6651
Language
eng
Publisher
MDPI AG
