Histone-modifying enzymes are responsible for regulating transcription, recombination, DNA
repair, DNA replication, chromatid cohesion, and chromosome segregation. Fungi are …

Relying on an immune system comes with a high energetic cost for plants. Defense
responses in these organisms are therefore highly regulated and fine-tuned, permitting them …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a major staple food crop for more than 3.5 billion people worldwide.
Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of complex agronomic traits in rice is critical for …

Apoplastic ascorbate oxidases (AOs) play a critical role in reactive oxygen species (ROS)-
mediated innate host immunity by regulating the apoplast redox state. To date, little is known …

Surface recognition and penetration are among the most critical plant infection processes in
foliar pathogens. In Magnaporthe oryzae, the Pmk1 MAP kinase regulates appressorium …

Chitin is a major component of fungal cell wall and is synthesized by chitin synthases (Chs).
Plant pathogenic fungi normally have multiple chitin synthase genes. To determine their …

Because of great challenges and workload in deleting genes on a large scale, the functions
of most genes in pathogenic fungi are still unclear. In this study, we developed a high …

Myosin-I molecular motors are proposed to function as linkers between membranes and the
actin cytoskeleton in several cellular processes, but their role in the biosynthesis of fungal …

Plant pathogenic fungi deploy secreted effectors to suppress plant immunity responses.
These effectors operate either in the apoplast or within host cells, so they are putatively …

Abstract The cAMP–PKA and MAP kinase pathways are essential for plant infection in the
wheat head blight fungus Fusarium graminearum. To identify upstream receptors of these …