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...
Adaptive evolution by mutations in the FLO11 gene
Fidalgo, Manuel, Barrales, Ramon R., Ibeas, Jose I., Jimenez, Juan
In nature, Saccharomyces yeasts manifest a number of adaptive responses to overcome adverse environments such as filamentation, invasive growth, flocculation and adherence to solid surfaces. Certain...