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Targeting Magnaporthe oryzae effector MoErs1 and host papain-like protease OsRD21 interaction to combat rice blast
Effector proteins secreted by plant pathogenic fungi are important artilleries against host immunity, but there is no precedent of such effectors being explored as antifungal targets. Here we demonstrate that ...
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Open AccessEarly molecular events in the interaction between Magnaporthe oryzae and rice
Rice is a staple crop feeding more than 50% of the world’s population and, its sustainable production is crucial to the global food security. However, blast disease caused by the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe or...
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Open AccessCandidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi encodes non-classically secreted proteins that suppress hypersensitive cell death response in Nicotiana benthamiana
Increasing evidence is proving the biological significance of the phytoplasma-secreted proteins. However, besides a few Sec-dependent secretory proteins, no other phytoplasma-secreted proteins have been report...
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Open AccessDistinctive phosphorylation pattern during mitotic exit network (MEN) regulation is important for the development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae
The mitotic exit network (MEN) pathway is a vital kinase cascade regulating the timely and correct progress of cell division. In the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the MEN pathway, consisting of conserved ...
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Open AccessTranscription factor UvMsn2 is important for vegetative growth, conidiogenesis, stress response, mitochondrial morphology and pathogenicity in the rice false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens
Transcription factors (TFs) play critical roles in the control of development and pathogenicity of phytopathogens by directly or indirectly regulating the expression of downstream genes. Here, we identified an...
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Root-specific expression of rice OsHMA3 reduces shoot cadmium accumulation in transgenic tobacco
Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic trace element released into the environment by anthropogenic activities. Its release threatens the growth of plants and contaminates the food chain. Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a Cd ...
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Correction to: Pleiotropic roles of O-mannosyltransferase MoPmt4 in development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae
In the original publication, Fig. 1 panel (b), the photo of MoPmt2-6 was incorrect. The correct Fig. 1 is shown below.
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Pleiotropic roles of O-mannosyltransferase MoPmt4 in development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae
In fungi, O-mannosylation is one type of conserved protein modifications that add the carbohydrate residues to specific residues of target proteins by protein O-mannosyltransferases. Previously, three members of
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Genome plasticity in filamentous plant pathogens contributes to the emergence of novel effectors and their cellular processes in the host
Plant diseases cause extensive yield loss of crops worldwide, and secretory ‘warfare’ occurs between plants and pathogenic organisms all the time. Filamentous plant pathogens have evolved the ability to manipu...
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The putative Gγ subunit gene MGG1 is required for conidiation, appressorium formation, mating and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae
Heterotrimeric G-proteins play key roles in the transduction of extracellular signals to various downstream effectors in eukaryotes. In our previous study, a T-DNA insertional mutant A1-412, in which the prom...
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Erratum to: Mammalian pro-apoptotic bax gene enhances tobacco resistance to pathogens
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A two-component histidine kinase, MoSLN1, is required for cell wall integrity and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae
A two-component signal transduction system is a common mechanism for environmental sensing in bacteria. The functions of the two-component molecules have been also well characterized in the lower eukaryotic fu...
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Mammalian pro-apoptotic bax gene enhances tobacco resistance to pathogens
Emerging evidence suggests that plants and animals may share certain biochemical commonalities in apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD) pathways, though plants lack key animal apoptosis related genes. In p...
