The Biotrophic Development of Ustilago maydis Studied by RNA-Seq Analysis

D Lanver, AN Müller, P Happel, G Schweizer… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis is a model organism for elucidating host
colonization strategies of biotrophic fungi. Here, we performed an in depth transcriptional …

Chaperone networks in fungal pathogens of humans

LC Horianopoulos, JW Kronstad - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) function as chaperones to facilitate proper folding and
modification of proteins and are of particular importance when organisms are subjected to …

Population Genomic Evidence for a Repeated Introduction and Rapid Expansion of the Fungal Maize Pathogen Setosphaeria turcica in Europe

M Vidal-Villarejo, F Freund, H Hanekamp… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Modern agricultural practices, climate change, and globalization foster the rapid spread of
plant pathogens, such as the maize fungal pathogen Setosphaeria turcica, which causes …

Genome Sequence of Trichoderma lixii MUT3171, A Promising Strain for Mycoremediation of PAH-Contaminated Sites

F Venice, D Davolos, F Spina, A Poli, VP Prigione… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mono-and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread and recalcitrant
pollutants that threaten both environmental and human health. By exploiting the powerful …

Heat-shock proteins MoSsb1, MoSsz1, and MoZuo1 attenuate MoMkk1-mediated cell-wall integrity signaling and are important for growth and pathogenicity of …

J Yang, M Liu, X Liu, Z Yin, Y Sun… - Molecular Plant …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) MoMkk1 governs the cell-wall integrity (CWI)
pathway in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. To understand the underlying …

The novel J-domain protein Mrj1 is required for mitochondrial respiration and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

LC Horianopoulos, G Hu, M Caza, K Schmitt, P Overby… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans must adapt to the mammalian
environment to establish an infection. Proteins facilitating adaptation to novel environments …

Signal peptide peptidase activity connects the unfolded protein response to plant defense suppression by Ustilago maydis

N Pinter, CA Hach, M Hampel, D Rekhter… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis requires the unfolded protein response (UPR) to
maintain homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) during the biotrophic interaction …

CCR4-Not complex subunit Not2 plays critical roles in vegetative growth, conidiation and virulence in watermelon Fusarium wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp …

Y Dai, Z Cao, L Huang, S Liu, Z Shen, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
CCR4-Not complex is a multifunctional regulator that plays important roles in multiple
cellular processes in eukaryotes. In the present study, the biological function of FonNot2, a …

A Novel Core Effector Vp1 Promotes Fungal Colonization and Virulence of Ustilago maydis

CV Hoang, CK Bhaskar, LS Ma - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis secretes a plethora of uncharacterized effector
proteins and causes smut disease in maize. Among the effector genes that are up-regulated …

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of races 1, 2, 5 and 6 of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. pisi in a susceptible pea host identifies differential pathogenicity profiles

SR Achari, J Edwards, RC Mann, JK Kaur, T Sawbridge… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi (Fop) causes
Fusarium wilt in peas. There are four races globally: 1, 2, 5 and 6 and all of these races are …