Fungi interact with plants in various ways, with each interaction giving rise to different
alterations in both partners. While fungal pathogens have detrimental effects on plant …

The rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, causes one of the most destructive diseases of
cultivated rice in the world. Infections caused by this recalcitrant pathogen lead to the annual …

Many plant pathogenic fungi have the capacity to infect their plant hosts using specialised
cells called appressoria. These structures act as a gateway between the fungus and host …

The filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes rice blast, the most serious disease of
cultivated rice. Cellular differentiation of M. oryzae forms an infection structure called the …

Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are evolutionarily conserved proteins that
function as key signal transduction components in fungi, plants, and mammals. During …

Highlights•Appressorium development is linked to cell cycle checkpoints controlling
morphogenesis.•Ras GTPase signalling acts upstream of cAMP and MAP kinase pathways …

As in other eukaryotes, protein kinases play major regulatory roles in filamentous fungi.
Although the genomes of many plant pathogenic fungi have been sequenced, systematic …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yap1 protein is an AP1-like transcription factor involved in the
regulation of the oxidative stress response. An ortholog of Yap1, MoAP1, was recently …

Phytopathogenic fungi have evolved an amazing diversity of infection modes and nutritional
strategies, yet the signaling pathways that govern pathogenicity are remarkably conserved …

In eukaryotic cells, a family of serine/threonine protein kinases known as mitogen-activated
protein (MAP) kinases (MAPKs) is involved in the transduction of a variety of extracellular …