Plants can be colonized by fungi that have adopted highly diverse lifestyles, ranging from
symbiotic to necrotrophic. Colonization is governed in all systems by hundreds of secreted …

The hemibiotrophic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat
(Triticum aestivum). Pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration …

Malassezia is a unique lipophilic genus in class Malasseziomycetes in Ustilaginomycotina,(
Basidiomycota, fungi) that otherwise consists almost exclusively of plant pathogens …

Research on obligate biotrophic plant parasites, which reproduce only on living hosts, has
revealed a broad diversity of filamentous microbes that have independently acquired …

Gall-forming arthropods are highly specialized herbivores that, in combination with their
hosts, produce extended phenotypes with unique morphologies [1]. Many are economically …

The biotrophic smut fungus Ustilago maydis infects all aerial organs of maize (Zea mays)
and induces tumors in the plant tissues. U. maydis deploys many effector proteins to …

The Krüppel-like factor and specificity protein (KLF/SP) genes play key roles in critical
biological processes including stem cell maintenance, cell proliferation, embryonic …

The secreted fungal effector Pep1 is essential for penetration of the host epidermis and
establishment of biotrophy in the Ustilago maydis–maize pathosystem. Previously, Pep1 …

The speciation of pathogens can be driven by divergent host specialization. Specialization
to a new host is possible via the acquisition of advantageous mutations fixed by positive …

An emerging theme in cellular logistics is the close connection between mRNA and
membrane trafficking. A prominent example is the microtubule-dependent transport of …