Oomycete genomes have yielded a large number of predicted effector proteins that
collectively interfere with plant life in order to create a favourable environment for pathogen …

Every plant is closely associated with a variety of living organisms. Therefore, deciphering
how plants interact with mutualistic and parasitic organisms is essential for a comprehensive …

The battle between phytopathogenic bacteria and their plant hosts has revealed a diverse
suite of strategies and mechanisms employed by the pathogen or the host to gain the higher …

Biotrophic plant pathogenic fungi are widely distributed and are among the most damaging
pathogenic organisms of agriculturally important crops responsible for significant losses in …

While conceptual principles governing plant immunity are becoming clear, its systems-level
organization and the evolutionary dynamic of the host-pathogen interface are still obscure …

Many fungi can live both saprophytically and as endophyte or pathogen inside a living plant.
In both environments, complex organic polymers are used as sources of nutrients …

The attempted infection of a plant by a pathogen, such as a fungus or an Oomycete, may be
regarded as a battle whose major weapons are proteins and smaller chemical compounds …

The plant cuticle and cell wall separate microbial pathogens from the products of plant
metabolism. While microbial pathogens try to breach these barriers for colonization, plants …

Pathogens use specialized secretion systems and targeting signals to translocate effector
proteins inside host cells, a process that is essential for promoting disease and parasitism …

Both mutualistic and biotrophic pathogenic fungi rely on living host plants for growth and
reproduction and must modify host cell structure and function for successful infection. The …