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Best Publications

  • The Fusarium graminearum Genome Reveals a Link Between Localized Polymorphism and Pathogen Specialization

    Christina A. Cuomo;Ulrich Güldener;Jin Rong Xu;Frances Trail

  • The a mating type locus of U. maydis specifies cell signaling components.

    Michael Bölker;Martin Urban;Regine Kahmann

  • Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research.

    Kevin L. Howe;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Nishadi De Silva;Gareth Maslen

  • An ATP-driven efflux pump is a novel pathogenicity factor in rice blast disease.

    Martin Urban;Tishina Bhargava;John E. Hamer

  • PHI-base: the pathogen–host interactions database

    Martin Urban;Alayne Cuzick;James Seager;Valerie Wood

  • The CPKA gene of Magnaporthe grisea is essential for appressorial penetration

    Jin-Rong Xu;Martin Urban;James A. Sweigard;John E. Hamer

  • The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears.

    Neil A. Brown;Martin Urban;Allison M.L. van de Meene;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  • The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base): additions and future developments

    Martin Urban;Rashmi Pant;Arathi Raghunath;Alistair G. Irvine

  • The completed genome sequence of the pathogenic ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Robert King;Martin Urban;Michael C. U. Hammond-Kosack;Keywan Hassani-Pak

  • PHI-base update: additions to the pathogen–host interaction database

    Rainer Winnenburg;Martin Urban;Andrew M. Beacham;Thomas K. Baldwin

  • Characterization of the sterol 14α‐demethylases of Fusarium graminearum identifies a novel genus‐specific CYP51 function

    Jieru Fan;Jieru Fan;Martin Urban;Josie E. Parker;Helen C. Brewer

  • IDENTIFICATION OF THE PHEROMONE RESPONSE ELEMENT IN USTILAGO MAYDIS

    M. Urban;R. Kahmann;M. Bölker

  • The Fusarium graminearum MAP1 gene is essential for pathogenicity and development of perithecia

    Martin Urban;Ellie Mott;Tom Farley;Kim Hammond-Kosack

  • Arabidopsis is susceptible to the cereal ear blight fungal pathogens Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum.

    Martin Urban;Steve Daniels;Ellie Mott;Kim Hammond-Kosack

  • PHI-base in 2022: a multi-species phenotype database for Pathogen-Host Interactions.

    Martin Urban;Alayne Cuzick;James Seager;Valerie Wood

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Leptosphaeria spp. and Oculimacula spp. with the reef coral gene DsRed and the jellyfish gene gfp

    Maria Eckert;Kerry Maguire;Martin Urban;Simon Foster

  • The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum

    Jawad Merhej;Martin Urban;Marie Dufresne;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  • RNAi as an emerging approach to control Fusarium head blight disease and mycotoxin contamination in cereals.

    Ana Karla Machado;Neil Andrew Brown;Neil Andrew Brown;Martin Urban;Kostya Kanyuka

  • Fusarium graminearum gene deletion mutants map1 and tri5 reveal similarities and differences in the pathogenicity requirements to cause disease on Arabidopsis and wheat floral tissue

    Alayne Cuzick;Martin Urban;Kim Hammond-Kosack

  • The biallelic a mating type locus of Ustilago maydis: remnants of an additional pheromone gene indicate evolution from a multiallelic ancestor.

    M. Urban;R. Kahmann;M. Bölker

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