Pietro Spanu

Best Publications

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

  Ralph A. Dean;Jan A. L. van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  4988
  Citations

• Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal tradeoffs in extreme parasitism

  Pietro D. Spanu;James C. Abbott;Joelle Amselem;Timothy A. Burgis

  934
  Citations

• Structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates

  Carsten Pedersen;Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat;Liam J McGuffin;James C Abbott

  280
  Citations

• The wheat powdery mildew genome shows the unique evolution of an obligate biotroph

  Thomas Wicker;Simone Oberhaensli;Francis Parlange;Jan P Buchmann;Jan P Buchmann

  276
  Citations

• Chitinase in roots of mycorrhizal Allium porrum: regulation and localization

  Pietro Spanu;Thomas Boller;Alexander Ludwig;Andres Wiemken

  237
  Citations

• Analysis and cloning of the ethylene-forming enzyme from tomato by functional expression of its mRNA in Xenopus laevis oocytes.

  P. Spanu;D. Reinhardt;T. Boller

  216
  Citations

• Host-induced gene silencing in barley powdery mildew reveals a class of ribonuclease-like effectors.

  Clara Pliego;Daniela Nowara;Giulia Bonciani;Dana M. Gheorghe

  209
  Citations

• The protein phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A mimics elicitor action in plant cells and induces rapid hyperphosphorylation of specific proteins as revealed by pulse labeling with [33P]phosphate.

  Georg Felix;Martin Regenass;Pietro Spanu;Thomas Boller

  209
  Citations

• Gene Expression Profiles of Blumeria graminis Indicate Dynamic Changes to Primary Metabolism during Development of an Obligate Biotrophic Pathogen

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  202
  Citations

• The genomics of obligate (and nonobligate) biotrophs.

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  194
  Citations

• Cell-wall-bound peroxidase activity in roots of mycorrhizal Allium porrum

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  185
  Citations

• Signatures of host specialization and a recent transposable element burst in the dynamic one-speed genome of the fungal barley powdery mildew pathogen.

  Lamprinos Frantzeskakis;Barbara Kracher;Stefan Kusch;Makoto Yoshikawa-Maekawa

  182
  Citations

• THE APPARENT TURNOVER OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE IN TOMATO CELLS IS REGULATED BY PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION

  P. Spanu;D. G. Grosskopf;G. Felix;T. Boller

  173
  Citations

• Hydrophobins and the interactions between fungi and plants

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  168
  Citations

• The fungal ribonuclease-like effector protein CSEP0064/BEC1054 represses plant immunity and interferes with degradation of host ribosomal RNA

  Helen G. Pennington;Rhian Jones;Rhian Jones;Seomun Kwon;Giulia Bonciani

  141
  Citations

• Brown rot fungal early stage decay mechanism as a biological pretreatment for softwood biomass in biofuel production

  Michael J. Ray;David J. Leak;Pietro D. Spanu;Richard J. Murphy

  126
  Citations

• Stable transformation of erysiphe graminis an obligate biotrophic pathogen of barley.

  Pushpalata Chaure;Sarah J. Gurr;Pietro Spanu

  121
  Citations

• Transcript profiles of Blumeria graminis development during infection reveal a cluster of genes that are potential virulence determinants.

  Maike Both;Sabine E Eckert;Sabine E Eckert;Michael Csukai;Elisabeth Müller

  115
  Citations

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology: Corrigendum

  Ralph Dean;Jan A. L. Van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  103
  Citations

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology: Top 10 fungal pathogens

  Ralph Dean;Jan A. L. Van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  76
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