Protein Kinases in Plant-Pathogenic Fungi: Conserved Regulators of Infection

Involvement of Botrytis cinerea Small GTPases BcRAS1 and BcRAC in Differentiation, Virulence, and the Cell Cycle

(2013) Anna Minz Dub et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate is required for invasive growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2013) I. Guillas et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The actin-regulating kinase homologue MoArk1 plays a pleiotropic function inMagnaporthe oryzae

(2013) Jiamei Wang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Functional Characterization of Aspergillus nidulans ypkA, a Homologue of the Mammalian Kinase SGK

(2013) Ana Cristina Colabardini et al.   PLoS One

Functional Analysis of the Aspergillus nidulans Kinome

(2013) Colin P. De Souza et al.   PLoS One

Targeting GSK3 from Ustilago maydis: Type-II Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Antifungals

(2012) Christian Grütter et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

The mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase BcOs4 is required for vegetative differentiation and pathogenicity in Botrytis cinerea

(2012) Qianqian Yang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genetic control of infection-related development in Magnaporthe oryzae

(2012) Guotian Li et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Cryptococcus neoformans Phosphoinositide-Dependent Kinase 1 (PDK1) Ortholog Is Required for Stress Tolerance and Survival in Murine Phagocytes

(2012) Yeissa Chabrier-Roselló et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Roles for SKN7 response regulator in stress resistance, conidiation and virulence in the citrus pathogen Alternaria alternata

(2012) Li-Hung Chen et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Response to Hyperosmotic Stress

(2012) H. Saito et al.   GENETICS

A steep phosphoinositide bis-phosphate gradient forms during fungal filamentous growth

(2012) Aurélia Vernay et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

MoSwi6, an APSES family transcription factor, interacts with MoMps1 and is required for hyphal and conidial morphogenesis, appressorial function and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae

(2012) ZHONGQIANG QI et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

The Stress-Activated Protein Kinase FgOS-2 Is a Key Regulator in the Life Cycle of the Cereal Pathogen Fusarium graminearum

(2012) Thuat Van Nguyen et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase BcSak1 ofBotrytis cinereaIs Required for Pathogenic Development and Has Broad Regulatory Functions Beyond Stress Response

(2012) Jens Heller et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling in Plant-Interacting Fungi: Distinct Messages from Conserved Messengers

(2012) Louis-Philippe Hamel et al.   PLANT CELL

Endogenous silencing ofPuccinia triticinapathogenicity genes throughin planta-expressed sequences leads to the suppression of rust diseases on wheat

(2012) Vinay Panwar et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plasma membrane recruitment and activation of the AGC kinase Ypk1 is mediated by target of rapamycin complex 2 (TORC2) and its effector proteins Slm1 and Slm2

(2012) B. J. Niles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Septin-Mediated Plant Cell Invasion by the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae

(2012) Y. F. Dagdas et al.   SCIENCE

The NDR Kinase Scaffold HYM1/MO25 Is Essential for MAK2 MAP Kinase Signaling in Neurospora crassa

(2012) Anne Dettmann et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Cyclase-Associated Protein Cap1 Is Important for Proper Regulation of Infection-Related Morphogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae

(2012) Xiaoying Zhou et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Reactive Oxygen Species in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Signaling, Development, and Disease

(2011) Jens Heller et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

A Pmk1-Interacting Gene Is Involved in Appressorium Differentiation and Plant Infection in Magnaporthe oryzae

(2011) Haifeng Zhang et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Sch9 Kinase Integrates Hypoxia and CO 2 Sensing To Suppress Hyphal Morphogenesis in Candida albicans

(2011) Catrin Stichternoth et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

The Casein Kinase I Protein Cck1 Regulates Multiple Signaling Pathways and Is Essential for Cell Integrity and Fungal Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

(2011) Yina Wang et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Galleria mellonella as model host for the trans-kingdom pathogen Fusarium oxysporum

(2011) Gesabel Y. Navarro-Velasco et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Yeast 3-Phosphoinositide-dependent Protein Kinase-1 (PDK1) Orthologs Pkh1–3 Differentially Regulate Phosphorylation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) and the Protein Kinase B (PKB)/S6K Ortholog Sch9

(2011) Karin Voordeckers et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A MADS-box transcription factor MoMcm1 is required for male fertility, microconidium production and virulence in Magnaporthe oryzae

(2011) Xiaoying Zhou et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The DNA Damage Response Signaling Cascade Regulates Proliferation of the Phytopathogenic FungusUstilago maydisin Planta

(2011) Carmen de Sena-Tomás et al.   PLANT CELL

The Membrane Mucin Msb2 Regulates Invasive Growth and Plant Infection in Fusarium oxysporum

(2011) E. Perez-Nadales et al.   PLANT CELL

Ste20-related kinases: effectors of signaling and morphogenesis in fungi

(2011) Kylie J. Boyce et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Two Novel Transcriptional Regulators Are Essential for Infection-related Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

(2011) Xia Yan et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Multiple Plant Surface Signals are Sensed by Different Mechanisms in the Rice Blast Fungus for Appressorium Formation

(2011) Wende Liu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Functional Analysis of the Kinome of the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum

(2011) Chenfang Wang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cell wall integrity and high osmolarity glycerol pathways are required for adaptation of Alternaria brassicicola to cell wall stress caused by brassicaceous indolic phytoalexins

(2010) Aymeric Joubert et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A two-component histidine kinase, MoSLN1, is required for cell wall integrity and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae

(2010) Haifeng Zhang et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Histidine kinases keep fungi safe and vigorous

(2010) Dongmei Li et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Guides to the final frontier of the cytoskeleton: septins in filamentous fungi

(2010) Amy S Gladfelter   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of cross-talk in yeast MAPK signaling pathways

(2010) Haruo Saito   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Histidine Kinase Two-Component Response Regulator Proteins Regulate Reproductive Development, Virulence, and Stress Responses of the Fungal Cereal Pathogens Cochliobolus heterostrophus and Gibberella zeae

(2010) Shinichi Oide et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Roles of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A in virulence and development of the soilborne plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae

(2010) Aliki Tzima et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

The mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase BOS5 is involved in regulating vegetative differentiation and virulence in Botrytis cinerea

(2010) Leiyan Yan et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Specialized and shared functions of the histidine kinase- and HOG1 MAP kinase-mediated signaling pathways in Alternaria alternata, a filamentous fungal pathogen of citrus

(2010) Ching-Hsuan Lin et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Phosphorylation of phosducin-like protein BDM-1 by protein kinase 2 (CK2) is required for virulence and Gβ subunit stability in the fungal plant pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica

(2010) Joanna A. Salamon et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The AGC Ser/Thr kinase Aga1 is essential for appressorium formation and maintenance of the actin cytoskeleton in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis

(2010) Patrick Berndt et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The two-component histidine kinase Fhk1 controls stress adaptation and virulence ofFusarium oxysporum

(2010) NICOLAS RISPAIL et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Thesnf1Gene ofUstilago maydisActs as a Dual Regulator of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes

(2010) Marina Nadal et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Sho1 and Msb2-Related Proteins Regulate Appressorium Development in the Smut FungusUstilago maydis

(2010) Daniel Lanver et al.   PLANT CELL

A Nitrogen Response Pathway Regulates Virulence Functions in Fusarium oxysporum via the Protein Kinase TOR and the bZIP Protein MeaB

(2010) M. S. Lopez-Berges et al.   PLANT CELL

Cell Cycle-Mediated Regulation of Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus

(2010) D. G.O. Saunders et al.   PLANT CELL

Pheromone-induced anisotropy in yeast plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate distribution is required for MAPK signaling

(2010) L. S. Garrenton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Activation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway Promotes Escape from G2 in the Fungus Ustilago maydis

(2010) Natalia Carbó et al.   PLoS Genetics

PdeH, a High-Affinity cAMP Phosphodiesterase, Is a Key Regulator of Asexual and Pathogenic Differentiation in Magnaporthe oryzae

(2010) Ravikrishna Ramanujam et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The MAPKK kinase ChSte11 regulates sexual/asexual development, melanization, pathogenicity, and adaptation to oxidative stress in Cochliobolus heterostrophus

(2009) Kosuke Izumitsu et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Comparative genomics of MAP kinase and calcium–calcineurin signalling components in plant and human pathogenic fungi

(2009) Nicolas Rispail et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

A role for the DNA-damage checkpoint kinase Chk1 in the virulence program of the fungus Ustilago maydis

(2009) N. Mielnichuk et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Identification of novel virulence factors associated with signal transduction pathways inAlternaria brassicicola

(2009) Yangrae Cho et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The role of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signalling components and the Ste12 transcription factor in germination and pathogenicity ofBotrytis cinerea

(2009) ASTRID SCHAMBER et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Signaling by the Pathogenicity-Related MAP Kinase ofCochliobolus heterostrophusCorrelates With Its Local Accumulation Rather Than Phosphorylation

(2009) Sophie Lev et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Fusarium oxysporumSte12 Controls Invasive Growth and Virulence Downstream of the Fmk1 MAPK Cascade

(2009) Nicolas Rispail et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Genome-wide functional analysis reveals that infection-associated fungal autophagy is necessary for rice blast disease

(2009) M. J. Kershaw et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HowSaccharomycesResponds to Nutrients

(2008) Shadia Zaman et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

MADS-Box Transcription Factor Mig1 Is Required for Infectious Growth inMagnaporthe grisea

(2008) Rahim Mehrabi et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Endocytosis Is Crucial for Cell Polarity and Apical Membrane Recycling in the Filamentous FungusAspergillus oryzae

(2008) Yujiro Higuchi et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

GzSNF1Is Required for Normal Sexual and Asexual Development in the AscomyceteGibberella zeae

(2008) Seung-Ho Lee et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

MoSNF1 regulates sporulation and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

(2008) Mihwa Yi et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

The small GTPase Rac and the p21-activated kinase Cla4 in Claviceps purpurea: interaction and impact on polarity, development and pathogenicity

(2008) Yvonne Rolke et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Distinct and Combined Roles of the MAP Kinases ofCochliobolus heterostrophusin Virulence and Stress Responses

(2008) Aeid Igbaria et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The cAMP-Dependent Signaling Pathway and Its Role in Conidial Germination, Growth, and Virulence of the Gray Mold Botrytis cinerea

(2008) Julia Schumacher et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Putative MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase,MCK1, Is Required for Cell Wall Integrity and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus,Magnaporthe oryzae

(2008) Junhyun Jeon et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Rac1 Is Required for Pathogenicity and Chm1-Dependent Conidiogenesis in Rice Fungal Pathogen Magnaporthe grisea

(2008) Jisheng Chen et al.   PLoS Pathogens