In late mitosis, the timely polyubiquitylation and subsequent degradation of securin and cyclin B by anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) play a critical role for anaphase onset and chromosome segregation. Binding of Cdc20, the co-activator of the APC/C, is critical for activation of APC/C a...
The rice-blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is disseminated using a three-celled spore or conidium. Upon landing on the surface of a rice leaf, the conidium germinates and forms a specialised structure for entry into the host plant - the appressorium. In this study we have followed gene expression thou...
Many of the world’s most devastating crop diseases are caused by fungal pathogens which elaborate specialized infection structures to invade plant tissue. Here we present a quantitative mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomic analysis of infection-related development by the rice blast fungus Magnap...
Rice blast is a pervasive and devastating disease that threatens rice production across the world. In spite of its importance to global food security, however, the underlying biology of plant infection by the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae remains poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear how...
