De- and reconstructing virulence strategies of fungal plant pathogens

Project Information

conVIRgens

Grant agreement ID: 771035

DOI 10.3030/771035

Project closed

EC signature date 15 February 2018

Start date 1 June 2018

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 922 000,00

EU contribution € 1 922 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT ZU KOLN
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

High Nucleotide Substitution Rates Associated with Retrotransposon Proliferation Drive Dynamic Secretome Evolution in Smut Pathogens

Author(s): J. R. L. Depotter; B. Ökmen; M. K. Ebert; J. Beckers; J. Kruse; M. Thines; G. Doehlemann
Published in: Microbiology spectrum, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2165-0497
Publisher: ASM Press
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00349-22

CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein-Mediated Mutagenesis in Sporisorium reilianum

Author(s): Werner J; Zuo W; Doehlemann G
Published in: Bio-protocol, 2024, ISSN 2331-8325
Publisher: Sunnyvale CA: Bio-protocol LLC
DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4978

The fungal pathogen <i>Ustilago maydis</i> targets the maize corepressor <scp>RELK2</scp> to modulate host transcription for tumorigenesis

Author(s): Luyao Huang; Bilal Ökmen; Sara Christina Stolze; Melanie Kastl; Mamoona Khan; Daniel Hilbig; Hirofumi Nakagami; Armin Djamei; Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 1469-8137
Publisher: New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19448

Combination of <i>in vivo</i> proximity labeling and co-immunoprecipitation identifies the host target network of a tumor-inducing effector in the fungal maize pathogen <i>Ustilago maydis</i>

Author(s): Wei Shi; Sara C Stolze; Hirofumi Nakagami; Johana C Misas Villamil; Isabel M L Saur; Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 1460-2431
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad188

Target the core: durable plant resistance against filamentous plant pathogens through effector recognition

Author(s): Jasper R L Depotter, Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: Pest Management Science, 2019, ISSN 1526-498X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ps.5677

Cas9HF1 enhanced specificity in Ustilago maydis

Author(s): Weiliang Zuo, Jasper Depotter, Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: Fungal Biology, 2019, ISSN 1878-6146
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2020.02.006

The Ustilago hordei–Barley Interaction is a Versatile System for Characterization of Fungal Effectors

Author(s): Bilal Ökmen, Daniela Schwammbach, Guus Bakkeren, Ulla Neumann, Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: Journal of Fungi, Issue 7/2, 2021, Page(s) 86, ISSN 2309-608X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof7020086

Effectors with Different Gears: Divergence of Ustilago maydis Effector Genes Is Associated with Their Temporal Expression Pattern during Plant Infection

Author(s): Jasper R. L. Depotter Weiliang Zuo Maike Hansen Boqi Zhang Mingliang Xu Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: Journal of Fungi, 2020, ISSN 2309-608X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof7010016

A transcriptional activator effector of Ustilago maydis regulates hyperplasia in maize during pathogen-induced tumor formation.

Author(s): Zuo W; Depotter JRL; Stolze SC; Nakagami H; Doehlemann G
Published in: Nature communications, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42522-w

Comparative transcriptome profiling identifies maize line specificity of fungal effectors in the maize‐ Ustilago maydis interaction

Author(s): S Schurack, JRL Depotter, D Gupta, M Thines, G Doehlemann
Published in: The Plant Journal, 2021, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15195

Other (1)

Cross-species analysis between the maize smut fungi Ustilago maydis and Sporisorium reilianum highlights the role of transcriptional plasticity of effector orthologs for virulence and disease

Author(s): Weiliang Zuo, Deepak K Gupta, Jasper RL Depotter, Marco Thines, Gunther Doehlemann
Published in: 2020
Publisher: bioRXiv
DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.03.366443