Plant-Symbiotic Fungi as Chemical Engineers: Multi-Genome Analysis of the Clavicipitaceae Reveals Dynamics of Alkaloid Loci

Christopher L. Schardl, Carolyn A. Young, Uljana Hesse, +52

PLoS Genetics

Biodiversity of fungal endophyte communities inhabiting switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) growing in the native tallgrass prairie of northern Oklahoma

Sita R. Ghimire, Nikki D. Charlton, J. Bell, +2

Fungal Diversity

Currencies of Mutualisms: Sources of Alkaloid Genes in Vertically Transmitted Epichloae

Christopher L. Schardl, Carolyn A. Young, Juan Pan, +11

Toxins

Ergot AlkaloidsBotanyComparative GenomicsGeneticsBiosynthesis Gene Clusters +16

The Mycorrhizal Fungus, Sebacina vermifera, Enhances Seed Germination and Biomass Production in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L)

Sita R. Ghimire, Nikki D. Charlton, Kelly D. Craven

BioEnergy Research

BiologyMycelial InteractionEngineeringBotanyPlant-microbe Interaction +11

Characterization of Epichloë coenophiala within the US: are all tall fescue endophytes created equal?

Carolyn A. Young, Nikki D. Charlton, Johanna E. Takach, +4

Frontiers in Chemistry

BiologyEpichloã « CoenophialaEngineeringPlant-parasite CoevolutionBotany +12

Interspecific hybridization and bioactive alkaloid variation increases diversity in endophytic<i>Epichloë</i>species of<i>Bromus laevipes</i>

Nikki D. Charlton, Kelly D. Craven, Michelle E. Afkhami, +3

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

BotanyEpichloë SpeciesIndependent Hybridization EventsPhylogenetic AnalysisPhylogenetics +15

Alkaloid Variation Among Epichloid Endophytes of Sleepygrass (Achnatherum robustum) and Consequences for Resistance to Insect Herbivores

Tatsiana Shymanovich, Susanna Saari, Mary E. Lovin, +7

Journal of Chemical Ecology

BiologyEngineeringPlant-parasite CoevolutionPlant-insect InteractionNatural Sciences +10

Ether bridge formation in loline alkaloid biosynthesis

Juan Pan, Minakshi Bhardwaj, Jerome R. Faulkner, +7

Phytochemistry

BiosynthesisBiochemistrySecondary MetaboliteEther Bridge FormationNatural Product Biosynthesis +1

Deletion of the Fungal Gene <i>soft</i> Disrupts Mutualistic Symbiosis between the Grass Endophyte Epichloë festucae and the Host Plant

Nikki D. Charlton, Jun‐ya Shoji, Sita R. Ghimire, +2

Eukaryotic Cell

BiologyGeneticsEndophyte ResearchHyphal Anastomosis GeneMicrobial Ecology +10

<i>Epichloë canadensis</i> , a new interspecific epichloid hybrid symbiotic with Canada wildrye ( <i>Elymus canadensis</i> )

Nikki D. Charlton, Kelly D. Craven, Shipra Mittal, +2

Mycologia