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Eduardo A. Espeso is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. The scientist's work primarily concerns agricultural and biological sciences, with substantial contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research focuses on plant science, cell biology, molecular biology, pharmacology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Key topics include plant pathogens and fungal diseases, fungal and yeast genetics research, fungal plant pathogen control, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, mycotoxins in agriculture and food, as well as fungal biology and applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Eduardo A. Espeso encompass:

  • P. Melgarejo
  • Antonieta De Cal
  • Elena Requena
  • Silvia Rodríguez-Pires
  • Inmaculada Larena

Publications have appeared repeatedly in several journals and venues, with the most frequent including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • "Tolerance to alkaline ambient pH in Aspergillus nidulans depends on the activity of ENA proteins," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Proteomic Studies to Understand the Mechanisms of Peach Tissue Degradation by Monilinia laxa," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Defining the transcriptional responses of Aspergillus nidulans to cation/alkaline pH stress and the role of the transcription factor SltA," 2020, Microbial Genomics
  • "Pectin as Carbon Source for Monilinia laxa Exoproteome and Expression Profiles of Related Genes," 2020, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
  • "Influence of light on the Monilinia laxa - stone fruit interaction," 2020, Plant Pathology

This body of work reflects a focus on fungal biology and plant pathology, including molecular mechanisms behind fungal interactions with host plants and environmental stress factors.

Best Publications

  • The Aspergillus PacC zinc finger transcription factor mediates regulation of both acid- and alkaline-expressed genes by ambient pH.

    J Tilburn;S Sarkar;D A Widdick;E A Espeso

  • Functional and physical interaction of blue- and red-light sensors in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Janina Purschwitz;Sylvia Müller;Christian Kastner;Michelle Schöser

  • The tip growth apparatus of Aspergillus nidulans.

    Naimeh Taheri-Talesh;Tetsuya Horio;Tetsuya Horio;Lidia Araújo-Bazán;Xiaowei Dou

  • The pH signalling transcription factor PacC controls virulence in the plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum

    Zaira Caracuel;M. Isabel G. Roncero;Eduardo A. Espeso;Clara I. González-Verdejo

  • pH regulation is a major determinant in expression of a fungal penicillin biosynthetic gene.

    E.A. Espeso;J. Tilburn;H.N. Arst;M.A. Peñalva

  • Activation of the Aspergillus PacC transcription factor in response to alkaline ambient pH requires proteolysis of the carboxy-terminal moiety.

    Margarita Orejas;Eduardo A. Espeso;Joan Tilburn;Sovan Sarkar

  • Aspergillus nidulans VeA subcellular localization is dependent on the importin a carrier and on light

    Suzanne M. Stinnett;Eduardo A. Espeso;Laura Cobeño;Lidia Araújo-Bazán

  • Aspergillus nidulans asexual development: making the most of cellular modules

    Oier Etxebeste;Aitor Garzia;Eduardo A. Espeso;Unai Ugalde

  • Preferential localization of the endocytic internalization machinery to hyphal tips underlies polarization of the actin cytoskeleton in Aspergillus nidulans

    Lidia Araújo-Bazán;Miguel Ángel Peñalva;Eduardo A. Espeso

  • The pH-responsive PacC transcription factor of Aspergillus fumigatus governs epithelial entry and tissue invasion during pulmonary aspergillosis.

    Margherita Bertuzzi;Markus Schrettl;Laura Alcazar-Fuoli;Timothy C. Cairns

  • FlbC is a putative nuclear C2H2 transcription factor regulating development in Aspergillus nidulans

    Nak-Jung Kwon;Aitor Garzia;Eduardo A. Espeso;Unai Ugalde

  • Activation of the Aspergillus PacC zinc finger transcription factor requires two proteolytic steps

    Eliecer Díez;Josué Álvaro;Eduardo A. Espeso;Lynne Rainbow

  • Specific DNA recognition by the Aspergillus nidulans three zinc finger transcription factor PacC.

    Eduardo A Espeso;Joan Tilburn;Luis Sánchez-Pulido;Christopher V Brown

  • Diverse Regulation of the CreA Carbon Catabolite Repressor in Aspergillus nidulans

    Laure N A Ries;Sarah R Beattie;Eduardo A Espeso;Robert A Cramer

  • Three Binding Sites for the Aspergillus nidulans PacC Zinc-finger Transcription Factor Are Necessary and Sufficient for Regulation by Ambient pH of the Isopenicillin N Synthase Gene Promoter

    Eduardo A. Espeso;Miguel Ángel Peñalva

  • On the mechanism by which alkaline pH prevents expression of an acid-expressed gene.

    Eduardo A. Espeso;Herbert N. Arst

  • Two zinc finger transcription factors, CrzA and SltA, are involved in cation homoeostasis and detoxification in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Anja Spielvogel;Anja Spielvogel;Helen Findon;Herbert N. Arst;Lidia Araújo-Bazán

  • The 2008 update of the Aspergillus nidulans genome annotation: a community effort.

    Jennifer Russo Wortman;Jane Mabey Gilsenan;Vinita Joardar;Jennifer Deegan

  • Basic-Zipper-Type Transcription Factor FlbB Controls Asexual Development in Aspergillus nidulans†

    Oier Etxebeste;Min Ni;Aitor Garzia;Nak-Jung Kwon

  • Ambient pH signal transduction in Aspergillus: completion of gene characterization

    Susana Negrete‐Urtasun;Wolfgang Reiter;Eliecer Diez;Steven H. Denison

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Peñalva
Miguel A. Peñalva Spanish National Research Council
Herbert N. Arst
Herbert N. Arst Imperial College London
Paloma Melgarejo
Paloma Melgarejo Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
Dov Prusky
Dov Prusky Agricultural Research Organization
Claudio Scazzocchio
Claudio Scazzocchio Imperial College London
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
Hubertus Haas
Hubertus Haas Innsbruck Medical University
Nick D. Read
Nick D. Read University of Manchester
Vera Meyer
Vera Meyer Technical University of Berlin
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute

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