Week of Sept. 15

PlP692

Fungal Pathogenesis

Assignments

Monday

(review articles)

• Z. Caracuel-Rios and N. J. Talbot. 2007. Cellular differentiation and host invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Curr. Opin. Micro. 10:339-345.
• Lee, DíSouza, and Kronstad. 2003. OF SMUTS, BLASTS, MILDEWS, AND BLIGHTS: cAMP Signaling in Phytopathogenic Fungi. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 41:399–427.
• S. Kamoun. 2007. Groovy times: filamentous pathogen effectors revealed. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10:358-365.

Wednesday
(review articles)

• J. G. Ellis, P. N. Dodds, and G. J. Lawrence. 2007. The role of secreted proteins in diseases of plants caused by rust, powdery mildew and smut fungi. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 10:326-331.
• A.-M. Catanzariti, P. N. Dodds and J. G. Ellis. 2007. Avirulence proteins from haustoria-forming pathogens. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 269:181-188.

(paper for discussion)

… Daolong Dou, Shiv D. Kale, Xia Wang, Rays H.Y. Jiang, Nathan A. Bruce, Felipe D. Arredondo, Xuemin Zhang, and Brett M. Tyler. 2008. RXLR-Mediated Entry of Phytophthora sojae Effector Avr1b into Soybean Cells Does Not RequirePathogen-Encoded Machinery. Plant Cell. 20:1930–1947. Charles

Friday (papers for discussion)

• The Downy Mildew Effector Proteins ATR1 and ATR13 Promote Disease Susceptibility in Arabidopsis thaliana. Kee Hoon Sohn, Rita Lei, Adnane Nemri, and Jonathan D.G. Jones. 2007. Plant Cell. 19:4077–4090. Julie

… H. Peter van Esse, John W. vanít Klooster, Melvin D. Bolton, Koste A. Yadeta, Peter van Baarlen, Sjef Boeren, Jacques Vervoort, Pierre J.G.M. deWit, and Bart P.H.J. Thomma. 2008. The Cladosporium fulvum Virulence Protein Avr2 Inhibits Host Proteases Required for Basal Defense. Plant Cell. 20:1948–1963. Greg

Lecture slides and references

Fungal_Path.ppt

Additional review articles

• Latijnhouwers, de Wit, and Govers. 2003. Oomycetes and fungi: similar weaponry to attack plants. Trends Microbiol. 11:462-469.Ellis, Catanzariti, and Dodds. 2006. The problem of how fungal and oomycete avirulence proteins enter plant cells. Trends Plant Sci. 11:61-63
• Birch, Rehmany, Pritchard, Kamoun, and Beynon. 2006. Trafficking arms: oomycete effectors enter host plant cells. Trends Microbiol. 14:8-11
• Wang, Jenkinson, Holcombe, Soanes, Veneault-Fourrey, Bhambra, and Talbot. 2005. The molecular biology of appressorium turgor generation by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Biochemical Society Transactions 33:384-388
• Schulze-Lefert and Panstruga. 2003. Establishment of Biotrophy by Parasitic Fungi and Reprogramming of Host Cells for Disease Resistance. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 41:641–67
• Kamoun. A Catalogue of the Effector Secretome of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes. 2006. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 44:41–60