Biotrophic pathogens, such as the related maize pathogenic fungi Ustilago maydis and
Sporisorium reilianum, establish an intimate relationship with their hosts by secreting protein …

Ustilago maydis is a ubiquitous pathogen of maize and a well-established model organism
for the study of plant–microbe interactions. This basidiomycete fungus does not use …

Infection of maize by corn smut (Ustilago maydis) provides an agronomically important
model of biotrophic host-pathogen interactions. After penetration of the maize epidermis …

Smut fungi are plant pathogens mostly parasitizing wild species of grasses as well as
domesticated cereal crops. Genome analysis of several smut fungi including Ustilago …

Smut fungi are a large group of biotrophic plant pathogens that infect mostly monocot
species, including economically relevant cereal crops. For years, Ustilago maydis has stood …

The Ustilago maydis–maize pathosystem has emerged as the current model for plant
pathogenic basidiomycetes and as one of the few models for a true biotrophic interaction …

In the genome of the biotrophic plant pathogen Ustilago maydis, many of the genes coding
for secreted protein effectors modulating virulence are arranged in gene clusters. The vast …

The maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis is a model organism for elucidating host
colonization strategies of biotrophic fungi. Here, we performed an in depth transcriptional …

Fungal diseases of plants represent one of the most eminent threats to agriculture. Given the
food needs of a growing world population and that more and more crops are devoted to fuel …

Biotrophic fungal plant pathogens establish an intimate relationship with their host to support
the infection process. Central to this strategy is the secretion of a range of protein effectors …