A novel homolog of , a global regulatory gene in filamentous fungi, was identified from . A deletion mutant of the homolog () exhibited lowered intracellular cAMP levels, and decreased appressorium formation on non-host surface; the decrease was recovered using exogenous cAMP and IBMX, indicating that deletion affected the cAMP signaling pathway.
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