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

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Ustilago maydis is a biotrophic fungal pathogen of maize and serves as a model organism for studying plant-microbe interactions. The genome of U. maydis has been sequenced, revealing 6,902 predicted protein-encoding genes without aggressive pathogenicity signatures but identifying 12 clusters of genes for small secreted proteins contributing to virulence. Expression analysis indicates these gene clusters, regulated in infected tissues, play a crucial role in pathogenicity, highlighting new mechanisms of infection in biotrophic fungi.

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