Novel Secreted Effectors Conserved Among Smut Fungi Contribute to the Virulence of Ustilago maydis

M Schuster, G Schweizer, S Reißmann… - Molecular Plant …, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Fungal pathogens deploy a set of molecules (proteins, specialized metabolites, and sRNAs),
so-called effectors, to aid the infection process. In comparison to other plant pathogens, smut …

Two‐speed genomes of Epichloe fungal pathogens show contrasting signatures of selection between species and across populations

AD Treindl, J Stapley, D Croll… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Antagonistic selection between pathogens and their hosts can drive rapid evolutionary
change and leave distinct molecular footprints of past and ongoing selection in the genomes …

Comparative proteomics of sugarcane smut fungus-Sporisorium scitamineum unravels dynamic proteomic alterations during the dimorphic transition

N Kumaravel, LB Ebinezer, NMR Ashwin… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Life cycle of the dimorphic sugarcane smut fungi, Sporisorium scitamineum, involves
recognition and mating of compatible saprophytic yeast-like haploid sporidia (MAT-1 and …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein-mediated mutagenesis in Sporisorium reilianum

J Werner, W Zuo, G Doehlemann - Bio-protocol, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9
(CRISPR/Cas9) has become the state of the art for mutagenesis in filamentous fungi. Here …