Unusual evolutionary mechanisms to escape effector-triggered immunity in the fungal phytopathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Life, death and rebirth of avirulence effectors in a fungal pathogen of Brassica crops, Leptosphaeria maculans

(2017) Thierry Rouxel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leptosphaeria maculanseffector AvrLm4-7 affects salicylic acid (SA) and ethylene (ET) signalling and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accumulation inBrassica napus

(2016) Miroslava Nováková et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Durable Resistance of Crops to Disease: A Darwinian Perspective

(2015) James K.M. Brown   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility

(2015) Libera Lo Presti et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Rapid identification of theLeptosphaeria maculansavirulence geneAvrLm2using an intraspecific comparative genomics approach

(2015) Kaveh Ghanbarnia et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

A game of hide and seek between avirulence genesAvrLm4-7andAvrLm3inLeptosphaeria maculans

(2015) Clémence Plissonneau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

TheBrassica napusreceptor-like protein RLM2 is encoded by a second allele of theLepR3/Rlm2blackleg resistance locus

(2015) Nicholas J. Larkan et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Crystal structure of the effector AvrLm4-7 ofLeptosphaeria maculansreveals insights into its translocation into plant cells and recognition by resistance proteins

(2015) Karine Blondeau et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Novel Mutations Detected in Avirulence Genes Overcoming Tomato Cf Resistance Genes in Isolates of a Japanese Population of Cladosporium fulvum

(2015) Yuichiro Iida et al.   PLoS One

Necrotrophic Effector Epistasis in the Pyrenophora tritici-repentis-Wheat Interaction

(2015) Viola A. Manning et al.   PLoS One

Rapid evolution of avirulence genes in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

(2014) Ju Huang et al.   BMC GENETICS

Co-localisation of the blackleg resistance genes Rlm2 and LepR3 on Brassica napus chromosome A10

(2014) Nicholas J Larkan et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Durable resistance: A key to sustainable management of pathogens and pests

(2014) Christopher C. Mundt   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Assessing Quantitative Resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans (Phoma Stem Canker) in Brassica napus (Oilseed Rape) in Young Plants

(2014) Yong-Ju Huang et al.   PLoS One

Genome comparison of two Magnaporthe oryzae field isolates reveals genome variations and potential virulence effectors

(2013) Chenxi Chen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

An avirulence gene,AvrLmJ1, from the blackleg fungus,Leptosphaeria maculans, confers avirulence toBrassica junceacultivars

(2013) Angela P. Van de Wouw et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Positive selection and intragenic recombination contribute to high allelic diversity in effector genes ofMycosphaerella fijiensis, causal agent of the black leaf streak disease of banana

(2013) Ioannis Stergiopoulos et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

The dispensable chromosome ofLeptosphaeria maculansshelters an effector gene conferring avirulence towardsBrassica rapa

(2013) Marie-Hélène Balesdent et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genome Structure and Reproductive Behaviour Influence the Evolutionary Potential of a Fungal Phytopathogen

(2012) Guillaume Daverdin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Molecular Determinants of Resistance Activation and Suppression by Phytophthora infestans Effector IPI-O

(2012) Yu Chen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Effector diversification within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by Repeat-Induced Point mutations

(2011) Thierry Rouxel et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of Linked Avirulence Effectors in Leptosphaeria maculans Is Affected by Genomic Environment and Exposure to Resistance Genes in Host Plants

(2010) Angela P. Van de Wouw et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Fitness cost of virulence differs between the AvrLm1 and AvrLm4 loci in Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape)

(2009) Yong-Ju Huang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Rapidly evolving genes in pathogens: Methods for detecting positive selection and examples among fungi, bacteria, viruses and protists

(2009) Gabriela Aguileta et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Population Genetics of Fungal and Oomycete Effectors Involved in Gene-for-Gene Interactions

(2009) Eva H. Stukenbrock et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Repeat-Induced Point Mutation (RIP) as an Alternative Mechanism of Evolution Toward Virulence inLeptosphaeria maculans

(2009) Isabelle Fudal et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Quantitative resistance increases the durability of qualitative resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in Brassica napus

(2009) Hortense Brun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The effector protein Avr2 of the xylem-colonizing fungusFusarium oxysporumactivates the tomato resistance protein I-2 intracellularly

(2009) Petra M. Houterman et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

TheLeptosphaeria maculans ��� Leptosphaeria biglobosaspecies complex in the American continent

(2009) A. Dilmaghani et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

RIPCAL: a tool for alignment-based analysis of repeat-induced point mutations in fungal genomic sequences

(2008) James K Hane et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Leptosphaeria maculansavirulence geneAvrLm4-7confers a dual recognition specificity by theRlm4andRlm7resistance genes of oilseed rape, and circumventsRlm4-mediated recognition through a single amino acid change

(2008) Francis Parlange et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Suppression of Plant Resistance Gene-Based Immunity by a Fungal Effector

(2008) Petra M. Houterman et al.   PLoS Pathogens