Endophytic fungi infect plant tissues by evading the immune response, potentially
stimulating stress-tolerant plant growth. The plant selectively allows microbial colonization to …

The interaction of pathogens with their hosts creates strong reciprocal selection pressures.
Pathogens often deploy an arsenal of small proteins called effectors that manipulate the …

Rapid (co‐) evolution at multiple timescales is a hallmark of plant–microbe interactions. The
mechanistic basis for the rapid evolution largely rests on the features of the genomes of the …

The relationship between Epichloë endophytes found in a wide range of temperate grasses
spans the continuum from antagonistic to mutualistic. The diversity of asexual mutualistic …

Plants are intimately connected with their associated microorganisms. Chemical interactions
via natural products between plants and their microbial symbionts form an important aspect …

The fungal kingdom has provided advances in our ability to identify biosynthetic gene
clusters (BGCs) and to examine how gene composition of BGCs evolves across species and …

Background Selective gene silencing is key to development. It is generally accepted that
H3K27me3-enriched heterochromatin maintains transcriptional repression established …

Epichloë festucae is an endophytic fungus that forms a symbiotic association with Lolium
perenne. Here we analysed how the metabolome of the ryegrass apoplast changed upon …

Epoxy-janthitrems are a class of indole diterpenes with structural similarity to lolitrem B. Two
taxa of asexual Epichloë endophytes have been reported to produce epoxy-janthitrems, Lp …

Fungi from the genus Epichloë form systemic endobiotic infections of cool season grasses,
producing a range of host-protective natural products in return for access to nutrients. These …