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Freddy A. Bernal

Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI)ORCID 0000-0002-4099-6178Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Convergent evolution of a fungal effector enabling phagosome membrane penetration

Lei‐Jie Jia, Freddy A. Bernal, Jeany Söhnlein, Johannes Sonnberger, Isabel Heineking, Muhammad Rafiq, Zoltán Cseresnyés, Franziska Kage, Franziska Schmidt, Rasha Zaher, Peter Hortschansky, Shivam Chaudhary, Xuemin Gong, Jan Schirawski, Marc Thilo Figge, , Axel A. Brakhage

The paper identifies a single amino acid change in fungal proteins that enables phagosomal membrane penetration, suggesting convergent evolution of virulence mechanisms across fungi.

bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology