.... Among all known apoptotic domains, only the BIR [baculovirus IAP (inhibitor of apoptosis protein) repeat] domain was found in fungi. A single protein with one or two BIR domains is present in most (but not all) fungal species. We isolated the BIR-containing protein from the grey mould fungus Botrytis...

...) fungus lateral gene transfer phylogenetic analysis H 2 O 2 is a harmful metabolic by-product of aerobic life that also acts as second messenger in signal transduction pathways [ 1 ]. During cellular evolution, its rapid and effective removal by various oxidoreductases was of essential...