[HTML][HTML] Seeing is believing: Exploiting advances in structural biology to understand and engineer plant immunity
Filamentous plant pathogens cause disease in numerous economically important crops.
These pathogens secrete virulence proteins, termed effectors, that modulate host cellular …
These pathogens secrete virulence proteins, termed effectors, that modulate host cellular …
Long‐term and rapid evolution in powdery mildew fungi
The powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphaceae) are globally distributed plant pathogens with a
range of more than 10,000 plant hosts. In this review, we discuss the long‐and short‐term …
range of more than 10,000 plant hosts. In this review, we discuss the long‐and short‐term …
[HTML][HTML] Prediction of effector protein structures from fungal phytopathogens enables evolutionary analyses
K Seong, KV Krasileva - Nature Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Elucidating the similarity and diversity of pathogen effectors is critical to understand their
evolution across fungal phytopathogens. However, rapid divergence that diminishes …
evolution across fungal phytopathogens. However, rapid divergence that diminishes …
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host–plant interactions
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are prominent root symbionts that can carry thousands
of nuclei deriving from two parental strains in a large syncytium. These co-existing genomes …
of nuclei deriving from two parental strains in a large syncytium. These co-existing genomes …
The transcriptional landscape of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae reveals distinct families of temporally co-regulated and structurally …
The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens
global rice (Oryza sativa) production. Despite intense study, the biology of plant tissue …
global rice (Oryza sativa) production. Despite intense study, the biology of plant tissue …
Pathogen perception and signaling in plant immunity
Plant diseases are a constant and serious threat to agriculture and ecological biodiversity.
Plants possess a sophisticated innate immunity system capable of detecting and responding …
Plants possess a sophisticated innate immunity system capable of detecting and responding …
[HTML][HTML] Surface frustration re-patterning underlies the structural landscape and evolvability of fungal orphan candidate effectors
MC Derbyshire, S Raffaele - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogens secrete effector proteins to subvert host physiology and cause disease. Effectors
are engaged in a molecular arms race with the host resulting in conflicting evolutionary …
are engaged in a molecular arms race with the host resulting in conflicting evolutionary …
Long reads and Hi‐C sequencing illuminate the two‐compartment genome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis
Chromosome folding links genome structure with gene function by generating distinct
nuclear compartments and topologically associating domains. In mammals, these undergo …
nuclear compartments and topologically associating domains. In mammals, these undergo …
[HTML][HTML] Quantitative pathogenicity and host adaptation in a fungal plant pathogen revealed by whole-genome sequencing
Abstract Knowledge of genetic determinism and evolutionary dynamics mediating host-
pathogen interactions is essential to manage fungal plant diseases. Studies on the genetic …
pathogen interactions is essential to manage fungal plant diseases. Studies on the genetic …
[HTML][HTML] Key processes required for the different stages of fungal carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus
HC Lin, GVD de Ulzurrun, SA Chen, CT Yang… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Nutritional deprivation triggers a switch from a saprotrophic to predatory lifestyle in soil-
dwelling nematode-trapping fungi (NTF). In particular, the NTF Arthrobotrys oligospora …
dwelling nematode-trapping fungi (NTF). In particular, the NTF Arthrobotrys oligospora …