Fungal pathogens cause disease in plant and animal hosts. The extent to which infection
mechanisms are conserved between both classes of hosts is unknown. We present a dual …

Sclerotinia stem rot is an economically important disease of canola (Brassica napus) and is
caused by the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. This study evaluated the differential …

The glyoxylate cycle provides the means to convert C2-units to C4-precursors for
biosynthesis, allowing growth on fatty acids and C2-compounds. The conventional view that …

Stagonospora nodorum is a major necrotrophic pathogen of wheat that causes the diseases
S. nodorum leaf and glume blotch. A series of tools and resources, including functional …

Pneumocystis, a unique atypical fungus with an elusive lifestyle, has had an important
medical history. It came to prominence as an opportunistic pathogen that not only can cause …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea infects plants by means of specialized infection
structures known as appressoria. Turgor generated in the appressorium provides the …

The transcriptional profiles of yeast cells that have been phagocytosed by either human
neutrophils or monocytes were compared by using whole genome arrays. After …

We describe the isolation and characterization of ICL1 from the rice blast fungus
Magnaporthe grisea, a gene that encodes isocitrate lyase, one of the principal enzymes of …

Leptosphaeria maculans is the most ubiquitous pathogen of Brassica crops, and mainly
oilseed brassicas (oilseed rape, canola), causing the devastating 'stem canker'or 'blackleg' …

Background Carbon utilization and metabolism are fundamental to every living organism for
cellular growth. For intracellular human fungal pathogens such as Candida glabrata, an …