LysM Effectors: Secreted Proteins Supporting Fungal Life

Spore germination ofTrichoderma atrovirideis inhibited by its LysM protein TAL6

(2013) Verena Seidl-Seiboth et al.   FEBS Journal

Extensive chromosomal reshuffling drives evolution of virulence in an asexual pathogen

(2013) R. de Jonge et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Fungal effector Ecp6 outcompetes host immune receptor for chitin binding through intrachain LysM dimerization

(2013) Andrea Sánchez-Vallet et al.   eLife

Evidence for Functional Diversification Within a Fungal NEP1-Like Protein Family

(2012) Parthasarathy Santhanam et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by Magnaporthe oryzae Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease

(2012) T. A. Mentlak et al.   PLANT CELL

Chitin-Induced Dimerization Activates a Plant Immune Receptor

(2012) T. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

The Chitin Connection

(2012) D. L. Goldman et al.   mBio

De Novo Assembly of the Pneumocystis jirovecii Genome from a Single Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Specimen from a Patient

(2012) O. H. Cisse et al.   mBio

Indifferent, Affectionate, or Deceitful: Lifestyles and Secretomes of Fungi

(2012) Rohan G. T. Lowe et al.   PLoS Pathogens

How filamentous pathogens co-opt plants: the ins and outs of fungal effectors

(2011) Ronnie de Jonge et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Recognition and Blocking of Innate Immunity Cells by Candida albicans Chitin

(2011) Héctor M. Mora-Montes et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The role of chitin detection in plant–pathogen interactions

(2011) Anja Kombrink et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Of PAMPs and Effectors: The Blurred PTI-ETI Dichotomy

(2011) Bart P.H.J. Thomma et al.   PLANT CELL

Analysis of Two in Planta Expressed LysM Effector Homologs from the Fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Novel Functional Properties and Varying Contributions to Virulence on Wheat

(2011) R. Marshall et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens

(2011) Steven J. Klosterman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Peptidoglycan recognition protein of Chlamys farreri (CfPGRP-S1) mediates immune defenses against bacterial infection

(2010) Jialong Yang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants

(2010) R. de Jonge et al.   SCIENCE

Fungal LysM effectors: extinguishers of host immunity?

(2009) Ronnie de Jonge et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Chitin regulation of immune responses: an old molecule with new roles

(2008) Chun Geun Lee et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans

(2008) Girbe Buist et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The novelCladosporium fulvumlysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species

(2008) Melvin D. Bolton et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY