Accessory chromosome-acquired secondary metabolism in plant pathogenic fungi: the evolution of biotrophs into host-specific pathogens

TE Witte, N Villeneuve, CN Boddy… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accessory chromosomes are strain-or pathotype-specific chromosomes that exist in addition
to the core chromosomes of a species and are generally not considered essential to the …

Genetic regulation of self-organizing azimuthal canopy orientations and their impacts on light interception in maize

Y Zhou, A Kusmec, PS Schnable - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency of solar radiation interception contributes to the photosynthetic efficiency of
crop plants. Light interception is a function of canopy architecture, including plant density; …

Self-Protection against the Sphingolipid Biosynthesis Inhibitor Fumonisin B1 Is Conferred by a FUM Cluster-Encoded Ceramide Synthase

S Janevska, I Ferling, K Jojić, J Rautschek, S Hoefgen… - Mbio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fumonisin (FB) mycotoxins produced by species of the genus Fusarium detrimentally affect
human and animal health upon consumption, due to the inhibition of ceramide synthase. In …

Functional characterization of putative G protein-coupled receptors in the tomato pathotype of Alternaria alternata

K Takao, Y Akagi, T Tsuge, M Kodama - Journal of General Plant …, 2016 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large transmembrane receptor superfamily that
is involved in many cellular signaling pathways. In the present study, GPCR-family genes …