The WOPR Protein Ros1 Is a Master Regulator of Sporogenesis and Late Effector Gene Expression in the Maize Pathogen Ustilago maydis

Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility

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

Involvement of a caleosin in lipid storage, spore dispersal, and virulence in the entomopathogenic filamentous fungus,Beauveria bassiana

(2015) Yanhua Fan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptome Analysis of aUstilago maydis ust1Deletion Mutant Uncovers Involvement of Laccase and Polyketide Synthase Genes in Spore Development

(2015) Emir Islamovic et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Secreted Effector Protein ofUstilago maydisGuides Maize Leaf Cells to Form Tumors

(2015) Amey Redkar et al.   PLANT CELL

Crystal structure of the WOPR-DNA complex and implications for Wor1 function in white-opaque switching of Candida albicans

(2014) Shicheng Zhang et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Programmed cell cycle arrest is required for infection of corn plants by the fungus Ustilago maydis

(2014) S. Castanheira et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Functional analysis of the conserved transcriptional regulator CfWor1 inCladosporium fulvumreveals diverse roles in the virulence of plant pathogenic fungi

(2014) Bilal Ökmen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Virulence of the maize smutUstilago maydisis shaped by organ-specific effectors

(2014) Lena Schilling et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Fusarium verticillioides SGE1 Is Required for Full Virulence and Regulates Expression of Protein Effector and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Genes

(2014) Daren W. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Characterization of the Largest Effector Gene Cluster of Ustilago maydis

(2014) Thomas Brefort et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Plant Surface Cues Prime Ustilago maydis for Biotrophic Development

(2014) Daniel Lanver et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A secreted Ustilago maydis effector promotes virulence by targeting anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize

(2014) Shigeyuki Tanaka et al.   eLife

Molecular characterization and functional analyses ofZtWor1, a transcriptional regulator of the fungal wheat pathogenZymoseptoria tritici

(2013) Amir Mirzadi Gohari et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

A Temperature-Responsive Network Links Cell Shape and Virulence Traits in a Primary Fungal Pathogen

(2013) Sinem Beyhan et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Compatibility in the Ustilago maydis–Maize Interaction Requires Inhibition of Host Cysteine Proteases by the Fungal Effector Pit2

(2013) André N. Mueller et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Cryptococcus neoformans Capsule: a Sword and a Shield

(2012) T. R. O'Meara et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Verticillium dahliae Sge1 Differentially Regulates Expression of Candidate Effector Genes

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

Evolution and function of CAG/polyglutamine repeats in protein–protein interaction networks

(2012) Martin H. Schaefer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Aflatoxin Biosynthesis: Current Frontiers

(2012) Ludmila V. Roze et al.   Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Hydrophobins—Unique Fungal Proteins

(2012) Jagadeesh Bayry et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Wor1-like Protein Fgp1 Regulates Pathogenicity, Toxin Synthesis and Reproduction in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Fusarium graminearum

(2012) Wilfried Jonkers et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Conserved Transcriptional Regulator Governs Fungal Morphology in Widely Diverged Species

(2011) Christopher W. Cain et al.   GENETICS

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

(2011) Gunther Doehlemann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

TheBotrytis cinereaReg1 Protein, a Putative Transcriptional Regulator, Is Required for Pathogenicity, Conidiogenesis, and the Production of Secondary Metabolites

(2011) Caroline B. Michielse et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

The General Transcriptional Repressor Tup1 Is Required for Dimorphism and Virulence in a Fungal Plant Pathogen

(2011) Alberto Elías-Villalobos et al.   PLoS Pathogens

TheUstilago maydisForkhead Transcription Factor Fox1 Is Involved in the Regulation of Genes Required for the Attenuation of Plant Defenses During Pathogenic Development

(2010) Alexander Zahiri et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Regulation ofUstilago maydisDimorphism, Sporulation, and Pathogenic Development by a Transcription Factor with a Highly Conserved APSES Domain

(2010) María D. García-Pedrajas et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The use of FLP-mediated recombination for the functional analysis of an effector gene family in the biotrophic smut fungus Ustilago maydis

(2010) Yuliya Khrunyk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Myosin Motor Domain of Fungal Chitin Synthase V Is Dispensable for Vesicle Motility but Required for Virulence of the Maize Pathogen Ustilago maydis

(2010) S. Treitschke et al.   PLANT CELL

Distinct class of DNA-binding domains is exemplified by a master regulator of phenotypic switching in Candida albicans

(2010) M. B. Lohse et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maize Tumors Caused by Ustilago maydis Require Organ-Specific Genes in Host and Pathogen

(2010) D. S. Skibbe et al.   SCIENCE

Pathogenicity Determinants in Smut Fungi Revealed by Genome Comparison

(2010) J. Schirawski et al.   SCIENCE

The Transcription Factor Rbf1 Is the Master Regulator for b-Mating Type Controlled Pathogenic Development in Ustilago maydis

(2010) Kai Heimel et al.   PLoS Pathogens

edgeR: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

(2009) M. D. Robinson et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

TheUstilago maydis bmating type locus controls hyphal proliferation and expression of secreted virulence factorsin planta

(2009) Ramon Wahl et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Nuclear Protein Sge1 of Fusarium oxysporum Is Required for Parasitic Growth

(2009) Caroline B. Michielse et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2009) Gunther Doehlemann et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Sphingolipid biosynthesis is required for polar growth in the dimorphic phytopathogen Ustilago maydis

(2008) David Cánovas et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Dynamic Rearrangement of Nucleoporins during Fungal “Open” Mitosis

(2008) Ulrike Theisen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

TheUstilago maydisCys2His2-type zinc finger transcription factor Mzr1 regulates fungal gene expression during the biotrophic growth stage

(2008) Yan Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Physical-chemical plant-derived signals induce differentiation inUstilago maydis

(2008) Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Temperature-induced switch to the pathogenic yeast form of Histoplasma capsulatum requires Ryp1, a conserved transcriptional regulator

(2008) V. Q. Nguyen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Establishment of compatibility in the Ustilago maydis/maize pathosystem

(2007) Gunther Doehlemann et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY