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Fungal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Plant Pathology Department

Fungal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

How does a plant pathogenic fungus perceive its environment and cause disease? To answer this, research is directed towards understanding the genetic and biochemical networks that underlie the molecular interactions between fungi and plant host. This approach uses molecular genetics and biochemical analysis, coupled with high-throughput post-genomic technologies, to identify and characterize the gene expression networks, protein interactions, biochemical processes, signaling pathways and effector molecules that mediate the plant-fungal interaction. Focusing on economically important pathogens such as the devastating rice blast fungus M. oryzae and the mycotoxigenic fungi, such an approach would ultimately identify novel determinants of virulence that could be exploited as drug targets in the fight against these recalcitrant pathogens.

2012 2012

Principles of Carbon Catabolite Repression in the Rice Blast Fungus: Tps1, Nmr1-3, and a MATE–Family Pump Regulate Glucose Metabolism during Infection, Jessie Fernandez, Janet D. Wright, David E. Hartline, Cristian Fernando Quispe, Nandakumar Madayiputhiya, and Richard A. Wilson

2011 2011

The Sugar Sensor, Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase (Tps1), Regulates Primary and Secondary Metabolism during Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus: Will Magnaporthe oryzae’s “Sweet Tooth” become Its “Achilles’ Heel”?, Jessie Fernandez and Richard A. Wilson

Fungal Virulence and Development Is Regulated by Alternative Pre-mRNA 3′End Processing in Magnaporthe oryzae, Marina Franceschetti, Emilio Bueno, Richard A. Wilson, Sara L. Tucker, Concepción Gómez-Mena, Grant Calder, and Ane Sesma

GATA-Family Transcription Factors in Magnaporthe oryzae, Cristian F. Quispe

2010 2010

An NADPH-Dependent Genetic Switch Regulates Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus, Richard A. Wilson, Robert P. Gibson, Cristian Quispe, Jennifer A. Littlechild, and Nicholas J. Talbot

2009 2009

Oxygenase Coordination Is Required for Morphological Transition and the Host-Fungus Interaction of Aspergillus flavus, Sigal Horowitz Brown, James B. Scott, Jeyanthi Bhaheetharan, William C. Sharpee, Lane Milde, and Richard A. Wilson

Under Pressure: Investigating the Biology of Plant Infection by Magnaporthe oryza, Nicholas J. Talbot and Richard A. Wilson

Fungal Physiology: A Future Perspective, Richard A. Wilson and Nicholas J. Talbot

2005 2005

Fundamental Contribution of β-Oxidation to Polyketide Mycotoxin Production In Planta, Lori A. Maggio-Hall, Richard A. Wilson, and Nancy P. Keller

2004 2004

Deletion of the Δ12-Oleic Acid Desaturase Gene of a Nonaflatoxigenic Aspergillus parasiticus Field Isolate Affects Conidiation and Sclerotial Development, Perng Kuang Chang, Richard A. Wilson, Nancy P. Keller, and Thomas E. Cleveland

Characterization of the Aspergillus parasiticus Δ12-Desaturase Gene: A Role for Lipid Metabolism in the Aspergillus-Seed Interaction, Richard A. Wilson, Ana M. Calvo, Perng-Kuang Chang, and Nancy P. Keller

Two Δ9-Stearic Acid Desaturases Are Required for Aspergillus nidulans Growth and Development, Richard A. Wilson, Perng-Kuang Chang, Agnieszka Dobrzyn, James B. Ntambi, Robert Zarnowski, and Nancy P. Keller

2002 2002

Relationship between Secondary Metabolism and Fungal Development, Ana M. Calvo, Richard A. Wilson, Jin Woo Bok, and Nancy P. Keller

2001 2001

Cultivar-Dependent Expression of a Maize Lipoxygenase Responsive to Seed Infesting Fungi, Richard A. Wilson, Harold W. Gardner, and Nancy P. Keller

1998 1998

Mutational Analysis of AREA, a Transcriptional Activator Mediating Nitrogen Metabolite Repression in Aspergillus nidulans and a Member of the “Streetwise” GATA Family of Transcription Factors, Richard A. Wilson and Herbert N. Arst Jr.