Fungal and oomycete pathogens cause many destructive diseases of plants and important
diseases of humans and other animals. Fungal and oomycete plant pathogens secrete …

Upon host penetration, fungal pathogens secrete a plethora of effectors to promote disease,
including proteases that degrade plant antimicrobial proteins, and protease inhibitors (PIs) …

Adapted filamentous pathogens such as the oomycetes Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis
(Hpa) and Phytophthora infestans (Pi) project specialized hyphae, the haustoria, inside …

The last 4 years have seen significant advances in our understanding of the cellular
processes that underlie the infection of plants by a range of biotrophic and necrotrophic …

Plants are resistant to most microbial species due to nonhost resistance (NHR), providing
broad-spectrum and durable immunity. However, the molecular components contributing to …

At least two components that modulate plant resistance against the fungal powdery mildew
disease are ancient and have been conserved since the time of the monocot–dicot split (≈ …

To successfully colonize plants, pathogens have evolved a myriad of virulence factors that
allow them to manipulate host cellular pathways in order to gain entry into, multiply and …

During colonization of their hosts, pathogens secrete effector proteins to promote disease
development through various mechanisms. Increasing evidence shows that the host …

Extracellular recognition of pathogens by plants constitutes an important early detection
system in plant immunity. Microbe-derived molecules, also named patterns, can be …

Each plant-pathogen interaction involves a two-way molecular communication. On one
hand, the pathogen perceives signals from the plant, secretes chemical arsenals to establish …