[HTML][HTML] ChLae1 and ChVel1 regulate T-toxin production, virulence, oxidative stress response, and development of the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus

D Wu, S Oide, N Zhang, MY Choi, BG Turgeon - PLoS pathogens, 2012 - journals.plos.org
LaeA and VeA coordinate secondary metabolism and differentiation in response to light
signals in Aspergillus spp. Their orthologs, ChLae1 and ChVel1, were identified in the maize …

Six New Genes Required for Production of T-Toxin, a Polyketide Determinant of High Virulence of Cochliobolus heterostrophus to Maize

P Inderbitzin, T Asvarak… - Molecular plant-microbe …, 2010 - Am Phytopath Society
Southern Corn Leaf Blight, one of the worst plant disease epidemics in modern history, was
caused by Cochliobolus heterostrophus race T, which produces T-toxin, a determinant of …

A ToxA-like protein from Cochliobolus heterostrophus induces light-dependent leaf necrosis and acts as a virulence factor with host selectivity on maize

S Lu, BG Turgeon, MC Edwards - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2015 - Elsevier
ToxA, the first discovered fungal proteinaceous host-selective toxin (HST), was originally
identified in 1989 from the tan spot fungus Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr). About 25 years …

A Decarboxylase Encoded at the Cochliobolus heterostrophus Translocation-Associated Tox1B Locus Is Required for Polyketide (T-toxin) Biosynthesis and High …

MS Rose, SH Yun, T Asvarak, SW Lu… - Molecular plant …, 2002 - Am Phytopath Society
Genes at two unlinked loci (Tox1A and Tox1B) are required for production of the polyketide
T-toxin by Cochliobolus heterostrophus race T, a pathogenic fungus that requires T-toxin for …

Genetic and genomic dissection of the Cochliobolus heterostrophus Tox1 locus controlling biosynthesis of the polyketide virulence factor T‐toxin

BG Turgeon, SE Baker - Advances in genetics, 2007 - Elsevier
Fungal pathogenesis to plants is an intricate developmental process requiring biological
components found in most fungi, as well as factors that are unique to fungal taxa that …

A Compromised Mlo Pathway Affects the Response of Barley to the Necrotrophic Fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (Teleomorph: Cochliobolus sativus) and Its Toxins

J Kumar, R Hückelhoven, U Beckhove… - …, 2001 - Am Phytopath Society
In search of new durable disease resistance traits in barley to control leaf spot blotch
disease caused by the necrotrophic fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (teleomorph: Cochliobolus …

Distinct and Combined Roles of the MAP Kinases of Cochliobolus heterostrophus in Virulence and Stress Responses

A Igbaria, S Lev, MS Rose, BN Lee… - Molecular Plant …, 2008 - Am Phytopath Society
Pathogenicity mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), related to yeast FUS3/KSS1, are
essential for virulence in fungi, including Cochliobolus heterostrophus, a necrotrophic …

Deletion of all Cochliobolus heterostrophus Monofunctional Catalase-Encoding Genes Reveals a Role for One in Sensitivity to Oxidative Stress but None with a Role …

B Robbertse, OC Yoder, A Nguyen… - Molecular plant …, 2003 - Am Phytopath Society
The genome of the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus encodes three unlinked
monofunctional catalase-encoding (CAT) genes that singly or in combination could offer …

Two Polyketide Synthase-Encoding Genes Are Required for Biosynthesis of the Polyketide Virulence Factor, T-toxin, by Cochliobolus heterostrophus

SE Baker, S Kroken, P Inderbitzin… - Molecular plant …, 2006 - Am Phytopath Society
Cochliobolus heterostrophus race T, causal agent of southern corn leaf blight, requires T-
toxin (a family of C35 to C49 polyketides) for high virulence on T-cytoplasm maize …

[HTML][HTML] Requirement of LaeA, VeA, and VelB on Asexual Development, Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis, and Fungal Virulence in Aspergillus ochraceus

G Wang, H Zhang, Y Wang, F Liu, E Li, J Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Aspergillus ochraceus is reported to be the major contributor of ochratoxin A (OTA),
classified as one of the possible human carcinogen (group 2B) by the International Agency …