Elucidation of the molecular network underlying the control of infectious morphogenesis in plant pathogenic fungi

在许多植物病原真菌中，形成一种特殊的侵染结构，称为附着胞，是寄主植物成功侵染的关键。在植物病原真菌轮回炭疽菌中，CoKEL2对于附着体的正常形态发生是必不可少的。这项研究是为了确定编码与CoKel2相互作用的蛋白质的基因。CoTEA4被成功地鉴定为参与CoKEL2介导的附着胞形成的诺贝尔调控基因。

In many plant pathogenic fungi, formation of a specialized infection structure, named appressorium, is essential for the successful infection of host plants. In a plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare, CoKEL2 is essential for a proper morphogenesis of appressoria. This study was conducted to identify genes coding for proteins that can interact with CoKel2. CoTEA4 was successfully identified as a nobel regulartory gene that is involved in CoKEL2-mediated appressorium formation.