Genome analyses of the sunflower pathogen Plasmopara halstedii provide insights into effector evolution in downy mildews and Phytophthora

The genome of the basal agaricomycete Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous provides insights into the organization of its acetyl-CoA derived pathways and the evolution of Agaricomycotina

(2015) Rahul Sharma et al.   BMC GENOMICS

FastQFS – A tool for evaluating and filtering paired-end sequencing data generated from high throughput sequencing

(2015) Rahul Sharma et al.   MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS

The fungal core effector Pep1 is conserved across smuts of dicots and monocots

(2015) Christoph Hemetsberger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in the evolution of obligate plant parasitism

(2015) Ariane C. Kemen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Characterization of necrosis-inducing NLP proteins in Phytophthora capsici

(2014) Bao-Zhen Feng et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Phylogeny and evolution of plant pathogenic oomycetes—a global overview

(2014) Marco Thines   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

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

(2014) Rahul Sharma et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The sunflower downy mildew pathogenPlasmopara halstedii

(2014) Quentin Gascuel et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Comparative and Functional Analysis of the Widely Occurring Family of Nep1-Like Proteins

(2014) Stan Oome et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Mining Herbaria for Plant Pathogen Genomes: Back to the Future

(2014) Kentaro Yoshida et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Novel core promoter elements in the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans and their influence on expression detected by genome-wide analysis

(2013) Sourav Roy et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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

(2013) Lisa Quinn et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

GK4, a G-protein-coupled receptor with a phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase domain inPhytophthora infestans, is involved in sporangia development and virulence

(2013) Chenlei Hua et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

antiSMASH 2.0—a versatile platform for genome mining of secondary metabolite producers

(2013) Kai Blin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Distinctive Expansion of Potential Virulence Genes in the Genome of the Oomycete Fish Pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica

(2013) Rays H. Y. Jiang et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-wide Prediction and Functional Validation of Promoter Motifs Regulating Gene Expression in Spore and Infection Stages of Phytophthora infestans

(2013) Sourav Roy et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Homologous NRPS-like Gene Clusters Mediate Redundant Small-Molecule Biosynthesis inAspergillus flavus

(2012) Ry R. Forseth et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lipid profiling of the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae using Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs)

(2012) Lina Fayez Yousef et al.   Fungal Biology

Identification of effector genes from the phytopathogenic Oomycete Plasmopara viticola through the analysis of gene expression in germinated zoospores

(2012) Pere Mestre et al.   Fungal Biology

Reconstruction of Oomycete Genome Evolution Identifies Differences in Evolutionary Trajectories Leading to Present-Day Large Gene Families

(2012) Michael F. Seidl et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Effector identification in the lettuce downy mildew Bremia lactucae by massively parallel transcriptome sequencing

(2012) JOOST H. M. STASSEN et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Nontoxic Nep1-Like Proteins of the Downy Mildew Pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis: Repression of Necrosis-Inducing Activity by a Surface-Exposed Region

(2012) Adriana Cabral et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Genome Sequencing and Mapping Reveal Loss of Heterozygosity as a Mechanism for Rapid Adaptation in the Vegetable Pathogen Phytophthora capsici

(2012) Kurt H. Lamour et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The NLP Toxin Family in Phytophthora sojae Includes Rapidly Evolving Groups That Lack Necrosis-Inducing Activity

(2012) Suomeng Dong et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Bioinformatic Inference of Specific and General Transcription Factor Binding Sites in the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora infestans

(2012) Michael F Seidl et al.   PLoS One

Sequence Divergent RXLR Effectors Share a Structural Fold Conserved across Plant Pathogenic Oomycete Species

(2012) Joe Win et al.   PLoS Pathogens

De novo sequence assembly of Albugo candida reveals a small genome relative to other biotrophic oomycetes

(2011) Matthew G Links et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Transcriptomic analysis of the interaction between Helianthus annuus and its obligate parasite Plasmopara halstedii shows single nucleotide polymorphisms in CRN sequences

(2011) Falah As-sadi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A perspective of promoter architecture from the CCAAT box

(2011) Diletta Dolfini et al.   CELL CYCLE

Structures ofPhytophthoraRXLR Effector Proteins

(2011) Laurence S. Boutemy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

454 Genome Sequencing ofPseudoperonospora cubensisReveals Effector Proteins with a QXLR Translocation Motif

(2011) Miaoying Tian et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Phytophthora infestans Has a Plethora of Phospholipase D Enzymes Including a Subclass That Has Extracellular Activity

(2011) Harold J. G. Meijer et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Eric Kemen et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The inclusion of downy mildews in a multi-locus-dataset and its reanalysis reveals a high degree of paraphyly in Phytophthora

(2011) Fabian Runge et al.   IMA Fungus

Oomycete–plant coevolution: recent advances and future prospects

(2010) Marco Thines et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The putative RxLR effector protein SpHtp1 from the fish pathogenic oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica is translocated into fish cells

(2010) Pieter Van West et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Formation of fumonisins and other secondary metabolites byFusarium oxysporumandF. proliferatum: a comparative study

(2010) A. Waskiewicz et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Myb transcription factors in the oomycete Phytophthora with novel diversified DNA-binding domains and developmental stage-specific expression

(2010) Qijun Xiang et al.   GENE

Ancient class of translocated oomycete effectors targets the host nucleus

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

Signatures of Adaptation to Obligate Biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Genome

(2010) L. Baxter et al.   SCIENCE

Genome Evolution Following Host Jumps in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage

(2010) S. Raffaele et al.   SCIENCE

Genome Expansion and Gene Loss in Powdery Mildew Fungi Reveal Tradeoffs in Extreme Parasitism

(2010) P. D. Spanu et al.   SCIENCE

Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire

(2010) C André Lévesque et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Entomopathogenic bacteria as a source of secondary metabolites

(2009) Helge B Bode   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

PKS and NRPS release mechanisms

(2009) Liangcheng Du et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans

(2009) Brian J. Haas et al.   NATURE

MEME SUITE: tools for motif discovery and searching

(2009) T. L. Bailey et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A new species of Albugo parasitic to Arabidopsis thaliana reveals new evolutionary patterns in white blister rusts (Albuginaceae)

(2009) M. Thines et al.   PERSOONIA

Apoplastic effectors secreted by two unrelated eukaryotic plant pathogens target the tomato defense protease Rcr3

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

Analysis of the Pythium ultimum transcriptome using Sanger and Pyrosequencing approaches

(2008) Foo Cheung et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ustilago maydis secondary metabolism—From genomics to biochemistry

(2008) Michael Bölker et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

InterPro: the integrative protein signature database

(2008) S. Hunter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

RXLR-Mediated Entry of Phytophthora sojae Effector Avr1b into Soybean Cells Does Not Require Pathogen-Encoded Machinery

(2008) D. Dou et al.   PLANT CELL

Transcriptome of Aphanomyces euteiches: New Oomycete Putative Pathogenicity Factors and Metabolic Pathways

(2008) Elodie Gaulin et al.   PLoS One

Moving targets: rapid evolution of oomycete effectors

(2008) Darren M. Soanes et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY