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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5974
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Infection of maize by corn smut (Ustilago maydis) provides an agronomically important model of biotrophic host-pathogen interactions. After penetration of the maize epidermis, fungal colonization of host tissue induces tumor formation on all aerial maize organs. We hypothesized that transformation of different primordia into plant tumors would require organ-specific gene expression by both host and pathogen and documented these differences by transcriptome profiling. Phenotypic screening of U. maydis mutants deleted for genes encoding secreted proteins and maize mutants with organ-specific defects confirmed organ-restricted tumorigenesis. This is the foundation for exploring how individual pathogen effectors, deployed in an organ-specific pattern, interact with host factors to reprogram normal ontogeny into a tumor pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
328
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Flowers, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Gibberellins, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Host-Pathogen Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Plant Leaves, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Plant Tumors, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Seedling, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Ustilago, pubmed-meshheading:20360107-Zea mays
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Maize tumors caused by Ustilago maydis require organ-specific genes in host and pathogen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't