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Horizontal transfer of a subtilisin gene from plants into an ancestor of the plant pathogenic fungal genus Colletotrichum

Vinicio Danilo Armijos Jaramillo, Walter Alberto Vargas, Serenella Ana Sukno, Michael R. Thon. 2013. PLOS One 8(3): e59078. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059078

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Identification of positive selection in disease response genes within members of the Poaceae.

Rech GE, Vargas WA, Sukno SA, Thon MR Plant Signaling & Behavior 2012, 7:1–9.

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New manuscript accepted in Plant Signaling and Behavior

We just got the email from the editor that our paper “Identification of positive selection in disease response genes within members of the Poaceae” has been accepted in Plant Signaling and Behavior.  Congratulations to everyone, especially the first author Gabriel!  The … Continue reading

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Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

Richard J O’Connell, Michael R Thon et al. 2012. Nature Genetics, doi:10.1038/ng.2372

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Colletotrichum genome paper in Nature Genetics!

The Colletotrichum graminicola and C. higginsianum genome paper was recently published in Nature Genetics: Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.2372.html Recommended by Faculty of 1000 

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Identification and functional characterization of CgEP1, a novel pathogenicity factor from Colletotrichum graminicola

Walter A. Vargas,  José M. Sanz Martín, Michael R. Thon and Serenella A. Sukno. 11 th  European Congress on Fungal Genetics. Marburg,  Germany, 30 March – 2 April 2012

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Development of a hemibiotroph within its host: Transcriptomic and histological studies of the Colletotrichum graminicola-maize pathosystem

Walter A. Vargas, José M. Sanz Martín, Lina P. Rivera, Michael R. Thon and Serenella A. Sukno. 11th  European Congress on Fungal Genetics. Marburg,  Germany, 30 March-2 april 2012

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Plant Defense Mechanisms Are Activated during Biotrophic and Necrotrophic Development of Colletotricum graminicola in Maize

Walter A. Vargas, José M. Sanz Martín, Gabriel E. Rech, Lina P. Rivera, Ernesto P. Benito, José M. Díaz-Mínguez, Michael R. Thon, and Serenella A. Sukno. 2012, Plant Physiology. 158: 1342–1358

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On the Inside

Here’s a commentary on our recent article in Plant Physiology: On the Inside.

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Protected: Evolución

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