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D-Index
42
Citations
11612
World Ranking
3357
National Ranking
236

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

  • 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

  • Structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates

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

  • 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

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

    Pietro Spanu;Thomas Boller;Alexander Ludwig;Andres Wiemken

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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  • The genomics of obligate (and nonobligate) biotrophs.

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

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Hydrophobins and the interactions between fungi and plants

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  • 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

  • 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

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

    Pushpalata Chaure;Sarah J. Gurr;Pietro Spanu

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Casiraghi
Giovanni Casiraghi University of Parma
Ralph Panstruga
Ralph Panstruga RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Joelle Amselem
Joelle Amselem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Rainer Cramer
Rainer Cramer University of Reading
Roger P. Wise
Roger P. Wise Agricultural Research Service
Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Kim E. Hammond-Kosack
Kim E. Hammond-Kosack Rothamsted Research
Richard P. Oliver
Richard P. Oliver Curtin University
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society

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