Roles of plant retinoblastoma protein: cell cycle and beyond

B Desvoyes, C Gutierrez - The EMBO Journal, 2020 - embopress.org
The human retinoblastoma (RB 1) protein is a tumor suppressor that negatively regulates
cell cycle progression through its interaction with members of the E2F/DP family of …

Understanding Ustilago maydis Infection of Multiple Maize Organs

AC Ferris, V Walbot - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ustilago maydis is a smut fungus that infects all aerial maize organs, namely, seedling
leaves, tassels, and ears. In all organs, tumors are formed by inducing hypertrophy and …

The functionally conserved effector Sta1 is a fungal cell wall protein required for virulence in Ustilago maydis

S Tanaka, I Gollin, N Rössel, R Kahmann - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis causes the smut disease of maize. The interaction
with its host and induction of characteristic tumors are governed largely by secreted effectors …

The two paralogous kiwellin proteins KWL1 and KWL1-b from maize are structurally related and have overlapping functions in plant defense

F Altegoer, P Weiland, PI Giammarinaro… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Many plant-pathogenic bacteria and fungi deploy effector proteins that down-regulate plant
defense responses and reprogram plant metabolism for colonization and survival in planta …

Beyond what your retina can see: similarities of retinoblastoma function between plants and animals, from developmental processes to epigenetic regulation

E Zluhan-Martínez, V Pérez-Koldenkova… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) is a key cell cycle regulator conserved in a wide variety of
organisms. Experimental analysis of pRb's functions in animals and plants has revealed that …

Transcriptome analysis in the maize-Ustilago maydis interaction identifies maize-line-specific activity of fungal effectors

S Schurack, JRL Depotter, D Gupta, M Thines… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The biotrophic pathogen Ustilago maydis causes smut disease on maize (Zea mays) and
induces the formation of tumours on all aerial parts of the plant. Unlike in other biotrophic …

Understanding Ustilago maydis Infection of Multiple Maize Organs. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 8

AC Ferris, V Walbot - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Ustilago maydis is a smut fungus that infects all aerial maize organs, namely, seedling
leaves, tassels, and ears. In all organs, tumors are formed by inducing hypertrophy and …