… of Botryosphaeriaceae fungi like Botryosphaeria dothidea (B. … For example, gene family
expansion associated with virulence … kuwatsukai-the MAT1 gene of the PG2 strain was located …

… pathogenicity-related genes that are specific to or expanded … significant changes in these
Botryosphaeriaceae species compared … dothidea (Table 3) and is a putative virulence protein …

… The virulence of the strain was higher than other strains that were isolated from other …
repeat masked genome assembly, the protein coding genes were predicted using ab initio gene …

… mitogenomic variation between the two species for speciation; and (iii) to elu… kuwatsukai,
causal agents of apple ring rot, reveals both species expansion of pathogenicity-related genes …

… seriata in the comparative genomics analysis (Table 1 and … the differences in putative
virulence factors to identify gene … Botryosphaeria dothidea is separated because of its high …

… dimidiatum is evolutionarily close to Botryosphaeria dothidea… recent speciation event in
Botryosphaeriaceae (Fig. 3B). … ) gene family, which may contribute to the increased virulence of …

… of woody plant species, including apple ring rot, which seriously affects … dothidea gene
deletion transformants revealed that Bdo_11198 and Bdo_12090 are pathogenicity-related genes…

… been suffering from apple ring rot caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, which … gene in the
fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea We examined several published pathogenicity-related genes …

… Apple ring rot caused by B. … expression of the pathogenesis-related genes NbPR1 and
NbNPR1 in N. … dothidea through gene knockout and infiltration expression. Our results …

… kuwatsukai, causal agents of apple ring rot, were compared and … both species expansion
of pathogenicity-related genes and variations in virulence gene content during speciation (…