Optimizing biodegradable plastics: Molecular dynamics insights into starch plasticization with glycerol and oleic acid.

Petroleum-based plastics dominate everyday life, necessitating the exploration of natural polymers as alternatives. Starch, abundant and biodegradable, is a promising raw material. However, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying starch plasticization has proven challenging.

In Vitro Evaluation of the Antifungal Effect of AgNPs on f. sp. .

The application of nanomaterials in the agri-food industry can lead us to the formulation of new sustainable and effective pesticides for the control of fungi such as f. sp. (Fol).

Expression of bik cluster and production of bikaverin by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici grown using two alternate nitrogen sources.

The genus Fusarium can be utilized to produce a great variety of secondary metabolites under specific culture conditions, including pigments of increasing biotechnological interest, such as bikaverin. Such pigments are important due to the biological properties they possess, including antitumor and antibiotic activities, among others. In Fusarium fujikuroi, bik1-bik6 have been identified as the genes that are responsible for the synthesis of bikaverin.

Influence of iron and copper on the activity of laccases in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes vascular wilt in tomato plants.

GTPase Rho1 regulates the expression of xyl3 and laccase genes in Fusarium oxysporum.

The Rho1 protein is a GTPase that participates in cell wall biogenesis. We analyzed the transcript levels of laccase genes (lccl, lcc2, lcc3, lcc4, lcc5, and lcc9), and a xylanase gene (xyl3) in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.

Isolation and expression of enolase gene in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici is a fungus responsible for the tomato disease known as fusariosis.