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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 582-597Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.12.007
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- Welch Foundation [I-1561]
- Once Upon a Time ... Foundation
- Microbiology Training [T32 AI007520-17]
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The rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, causes one of the most destructive diseases of cultivated rice in the world. Infections caused by this recalcitrant pathogen lead to the annual destruction of approximately 10-30% of the rice harvested globally. The fungus undergoes extensive developmental changes to be able to break into plant cells, build elaborate infection structures, and proliferate inside host cells without causing visible disease symptoms. From a molecular standpoint, we are still in the infancy of understanding how M. oryzae manipulates the host during this complex multifaceted infection. Here, we describe recent advances in our understanding of the cell biology of M. oryzae biotrophic interaction and key molecular factors required for the disease establishment in rice cells.
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