Genome-wide analyses of light-regulated genes in Aspergillus nidulans reveal a complex interplay between different photoreceptors and novel photoreceptor functions

• Zhenzhong Yu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: yuzhenzhong@njau.edu.cn (ZY); reinhard.fischer@kit.edu (RF)

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3748-3053

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• Christian Streng ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Ramon F. Seibeld,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8673-9292

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• Olumuyiwa A. Igbalajobi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-223X

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• Kai Leister,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0717-9923

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• Julian Ingelfinger,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4434-4193

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• Reinhard Fischer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yuzhenzhong@njau.edu.cn (ZY); reinhard.fischer@kit.edu (RF)

  Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)—South Campus, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Karlsruhe, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6704-2569

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