Daniel G. Panaccione

TL;DR: Findings show that preinvasion perception of plant-derived signals substantially reprograms fungal gene expression and indicate previously unknown functions for particular fungal cell types.

TL;DR: The organization and dynamics of alkaloid loci and abundant repeat blocks in the epichloae suggested that these fungi are under selection for alkaloids diversification, and it is suggested that such selection is related to the variable life histories of the epICHloae, their protective roles as symbionts, and their associations with the highly speciose and ecologically diverse cool-season grasses.

TL;DR: It is proposed that TOXA encodes an HC-toxin efflux pump which contributes to self-protection against HC-Toxin and/or the secretion of HC- toxin into the extracellular milieu.

TL;DR: Pathogenicity on maize of the mutant lacking endopolygalacturonase activity was qualitatively indistinguishable from the wild-type strain, indicating that in this disease interaction endopolyGalacturonases is not required and either pectin degradation is not critical to this interaction or exopolygalactsuronase alone is sufficient.

TL;DR: The EA produced by plant-symbiotic fungi (such as epichloe¨ endophytes) may protect the fungus by protecting the health and productivity of the host, which may otherwise suffer excessive grazing by animals.