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SUBMITTER: He P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5686099 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Puhuizhong P Wang Yonglin Y Wang Xiaolian X Zhang Xiaolin X Tian Chengming C
Frontiers in microbiology 20171110
The fungus <i>Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes</i> infects plant hosts with a specialized cell called an appressorium, which is melanized and required for plant cell wall penetration. Here, we show that the mitogen-activated protein kinase <i>CgMK1</i> governs appressorium formation and virulence in the poplar anthracnose fungus <i>C. gloeosporioides</i>. Deletion of <i>CgMK1</i> impairs aerial hyphal growth and biomass accumulation, and <i>CgMK1</i> is responsible for the expression of melanin bio ...[more]