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Comparative Genomics Including the Early-Diverging Smut FungusCeraceosorus bombacisReveals Signatures of Parallel Evolution within Plant and Animal Pathogens of Fungi and Oomycetes

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Gene Loss Rather Than Gene Gain Is Associated with a Host Jump from Monocots to Dicots in the Smut Fungus Melanopsichium pennsylvanicum

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Genome and Transcriptome Analysis of the Basidiomycetous Yeast Pseudozyma antarctica Producing Extracellular Glycolipids, Mannosylerythritol Lipids

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Genome-wide sequencing ofPhytophthora lateralisreveals genetic variation among isolates from Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) in Northern Ireland

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The Transition from a Phytopathogenic Smut Ancestor to an Anamorphic Biocontrol Agent Deciphered by Comparative Whole-Genome Analysis

(2013) F. Lefebvre et al.   PLANT CELL

Genome Comparison of Barley and Maize Smut Fungi Reveals Targeted Loss of RNA Silencing Components and Species-Specific Presence of Transposable Elements

(2012) J. D. Laurie et al.   PLANT CELL

Two linked genes encoding a secreted effector and a membrane protein are essential for Ustilago maydis-induced tumour formation

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Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector

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Gene Gain and Loss during Evolution of Obligate Parasitism in the White Rust Pathogen of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Eric Kemen et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Daniel Lanver et al.   PLANT CELL

Pathogenicity Determinants in Smut Fungi Revealed by Genome Comparison

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Pep1, a Secreted Effector Protein of Ustilago maydis, Is Required for Successful Invasion of Plant Cells

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