Martin Urban

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

  1055
  Citations

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

  Michael Bölker;Martin Urban;Regine Kahmann

  493
  Citations

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

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

  467
  Citations

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

  Martin Urban;Tishina Bhargava;John E. Hamer

  311
  Citations

• PHI-base: the pathogen–host interactions database

  Martin Urban;Alayne Cuzick;James Seager;Valerie Wood

  300
  Citations

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

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

  298
  Citations

• 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

  288
  Citations

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

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

  247
  Citations

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

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

  213
  Citations

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

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

  199
  Citations

• 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

  197
  Citations

• IDENTIFICATION OF THE PHEROMONE RESPONSE ELEMENT IN USTILAGO MAYDIS

  M. Urban;R. Kahmann;M. Bölker

  183
  Citations

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

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

  178
  Citations

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

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

  152
  Citations

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

  Martin Urban;Alayne Cuzick;James Seager;Valerie Wood

  152
  Citations

• 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

  139
  Citations

• 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

  127
  Citations

• 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

  121
  Citations

• 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

  112
  Citations

• 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

  98
  Citations