Christoph W. Basse

Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis (2006)

Kahmann, Regine, Bölker, Michael, Ma, Li-Jun, Brefort, Thomas, Saville, Barry J, ...

Ustilago maydis is a ubiquitous pathogen of maize and a well-established model organism for the study of plant-microbe interactions. This basidiomycete fungus does not use aggressive virulence...

Identification of cis-active elements in U. maydis mig2 promoters conferring high-level activity during pathogenic growth in maize (2005)

Farfsing, Jan W., Auffarth, Kathrin, Basse, Christoph W.

Ustilago maydis, model system for analysis of the molecular basis of fungal pathogenicity. (2004)

Basse, Christoph W., Steinberg, Gero

The Ustilago maydis a2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Compromise Pathogenicity in the Absence of the Mitochondrial p32 Family Protein Mrb1. (2004)

Bortfeld, Miriam, Auffarth, Kathrin, Kahmann, Regine, Basse, Christoph W.

Histone deacetylase Hda1 acts as repressor of the Ustilago maydis biotrophic marker gene mig1 (2003)

Torreblanca, Joaquín, Stumpferl, Stephan, Basse, Christoph W.

Characterization of a Ustilago maydis Gene Specifically Induced during the Biotrophic Phase: Evidence for Negative as Well as Positive Regulation

Basse, Christoph W., Stumpferl, Stefan, Kahmann, Regine

The phytopathogenic basidiomycete Ustilago maydis requires its host plant, maize, for completion of its sexual cycle. To investigate the molecular events during infection, we used differential...

Evidence for a Ustilago maydis Steroid 5α-Reductase by Functional Expression in Arabidopsis det2-1 Mutants1

Basse, Christoph W., Kerschbamer, Christine, Brustmann, Markus, Altmann, Thomas, Kahmann, Regine

We have identified a gene (udh1) in the basidiomycete Ustilago maydis that is induced during the parasitic interaction with its host plant maize (Zea mays). udh1 encodes a protein with high...

The Ustilago maydis a2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Compromise Pathogenicity in the Absence of the Mitochondrial p32 Family Protein Mrb1

Bortfeld, Miriam, Auffarth, Kathrin, Kahmann, Regine, Basse, Christoph W.

The Ustilago maydis mrb1 gene specifies a mitochondrial matrix protein with significant similarity to mitochondrial p32 family proteins known from human and many other eukaryotic species. Compatible...

Glycopeptide Elicitors of Stress Responses in Tomato Cells: N-Linked Glycans Are Essential for Activity but Act as Suppressors of the Same Activity when Released from the Glycopeptides

Basse, Christoph W., Boller, Thomas

Induction of ethylene, an early symptom of the stress response in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum [L.] Mill) cells, was used as a bioassay to purify elicitor activity from yeast extract. The purified...

Elicitor-Induced Ethylene Biosynthesis in Tomato Cells: Characterization and Use as a Bioassay for Elicitor Action

Felix, Georg, Grosskopf, Debora G., Regenass, Martin, Basse, Christoph W., Boller, Thomas

The induction of ethylene biosynthesis by an elicitor partially purified from yeast extract was studied in suspension-cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cells. Unstimulated cells...

Dissecting Defense-Related and Developmental Transcriptional Responses of Maize during Ustilago maydis Infection and Subsequent Tumor Formation1

Basse, Christoph W.

Infection of maize (Zea mays) plants with the smut fungus Ustilago maydis triggers the formation of tumors on aerial parts in which the fungal life cycle is completed. A differential display screen...

Characterization of a Ustilago maydis Gene Specifically Induced during the Biotrophic Phase: Evidence for Negative as Well as Positive Regulation

Basse, Christoph W., Stumpferl, Stefan, Kahmann, Regine

The phytopathogenic basidiomycete Ustilago maydis requires its host plant, maize, for completion of its sexual cycle. To investigate the molecular events during infection, we used differential...

Evidence for a Ustilago maydis Steroid 5α-Reductase by Functional Expression in Arabidopsis det2-1 Mutants1

Basse, Christoph W., Kerschbamer, Christine, Brustmann, Markus, Altmann, Thomas, Kahmann, Regine

We have identified a gene (udh1) in the basidiomycete Ustilago maydis that is induced during the parasitic interaction with its host plant maize (Zea mays). udh1 encodes a protein with high...

The Ustilago maydis a2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Compromise Pathogenicity in the Absence of the Mitochondrial p32 Family Protein Mrb1

Bortfeld, Miriam, Auffarth, Kathrin, Kahmann, Regine, Basse, Christoph W.

The Ustilago maydis mrb1 gene specifies a mitochondrial matrix protein with significant similarity to mitochondrial p32 family proteins known from human and many other eukaryotic species. Compatible...

Glycopeptide Elicitors of Stress Responses in Tomato Cells: N-Linked Glycans Are Essential for Activity but Act as Suppressors of the Same Activity when Released from the Glycopeptides

Basse, Christoph W., Boller, Thomas

Induction of ethylene, an early symptom of the stress response in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum [L.] Mill) cells, was used as a bioassay to purify elicitor activity from yeast extract. The purified...

Elicitor-Induced Ethylene Biosynthesis in Tomato Cells: Characterization and Use as a Bioassay for Elicitor Action

Felix, Georg, Grosskopf, Debora G., Regenass, Martin, Basse, Christoph W., Boller, Thomas

The induction of ethylene biosynthesis by an elicitor partially purified from yeast extract was studied in suspension-cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cells. Unstimulated cells...

Dissecting Defense-Related and Developmental Transcriptional Responses of Maize during Ustilago maydis Infection and Subsequent Tumor Formation1

Basse, Christoph W.

Infection of maize (Zea mays) plants with the smut fungus Ustilago maydis triggers the formation of tumors on aerial parts in which the fungal life cycle is completed. A differential display screen...

The a2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Direct Uniparental Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Inheritance and Constrain mtDNA Recombination During Sexual Development of Ustilago maydis

Fedler, Michael, Luh, Kai-Stephen, Stelter, Kathrin, Nieto-Jacobo, Fernanda, Basse, Christoph W.

Uniparental inheritance of mitochondria dominates among sexual eukaryotes. However, little is known about the mechanisms and genetic determinants. We have investigated the role of the plant pathogen...