Nonproteinaceous effectors: the terra incognita of plant–fungal interactions

J Collemare, R O'Connell, MH Lebrun - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular plant–fungal interaction studies have mainly focused on small secreted protein
effectors. However, accumulating evidence shows that numerous fungal secondary …

Fungal effectoromics: a world in constant evolution

JNA Todd, KG Carreón-Anguiano, I Islas-Flores… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Effectors are small, secreted molecules that mediate the establishment of interactions in
nature. While some concepts of effector biology have stood the test of time, this area of study …

Small RNAs from the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum highlight host candidate genes associated with quantitative disease resistance

M Derbyshire, M Mbengue, M Barascud… - Molecular Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal plant pathogens secrete effector proteins and metabolites to cause disease.
Additionally, some species transfer small RNAs (sRNAs) into plant cells to silence host …

Current scenario of exogenously induced RNAi for Lepidopteran agricultural pest control: From dsRNA design to topical application

VS Lucena-Leandro, EFA Abreu, LA Vidal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Invasive insects cost the global economy around USD 70 billion per year. Moreover,
increasing agricultural insect pests raise concerns about global food security constraining …

Different components of the RNA interference machinery are required for conidiation, ascosporogenesis, virulence, deoxynivalenol production, and fungal inhibition …

FY Gaffar, J Imani, P Karlovsky, A Koch… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In filamentous fungi, gene silencing through RNA interference (RNAi) shapes many
biological processes, including pathogenicity. We explored the requirement of key …

A novel plant-fungal association reveals fundamental sRNA and gene expression reprogramming at the onset of symbiosis

E Šečić, S Zanini, D Wibberg, L Jelonek, T Busche… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Beneficial associations between plants and microbes are widespread in nature and have
been studied extensively in the microbial-dominant environment of the rhizosphere. Such …

Whole genome sequencing contributions and challenges in disease reduction focused on malaria

OP Akoniyon, TS Adewumi, L Maharaj, OO Oyegoke… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Malaria is one of the most severe life-threatening human vector-borne
diseases worldwide today, leading to high mortality. Children under the age of five and …

Comparative Analysis of Transcriptome and sRNAs Expression Patterns in the Brachypodium distachyonMagnaporthe oryzae Pathosystems

S Zanini, E Šečić, T Busche, M Galli, Y Zheng… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The hemibiotrophic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (Mo) is the causative agent of rice blast and
can infect aerial and root tissues of a variety of Poaceae, including the model Brachypodium …

Different Genetic Sources Contribute to the Small RNA Population in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Gigaspora margarita

A Silvestri, M Turina, V Fiorilli, L Miozzi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is a key regulatory pathway of gene expression in almost all
eukaryotes. This mechanism relies on short non-coding RNA molecules (sRNAs) to …

Various components of the RNAi pathway are required for conidiation, ascosporogenesis, virulence, DON production and SIGS-mediated fungal inhibition by …

FY Gaffar, J Imani, P Karlovsky, A Koch, KH Kogel - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Gene silencing through RNA interference (RNAi) shapes many biological processes in
filamentous fungi. In this study we explored the contribution of several key proteins of fungal …