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- Title
Colletotrichum higginsianum as a Model for Understanding Host–Pathogen Interactions: A Review.
- Authors
Yan, Yaqin; Yuan, Qinfeng; Tang, Jintian; Huang, Junbin; Zheng, Lu; Hsiang, Tom; Wei, Yangdou
- Abstract
<italic>Colletotrichum higginsianum</italic> is a hemibiotrophic ascomycetous fungus that causes economically important anthracnose diseases on numerous monocot and dicot crops worldwide. As a model pathosystem, the <italic>Colletotrichum–Arabidopsis</italic> interaction has the significant advantage that both organisms can be manipulated genetically. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the system and to point out recent significant studies that update our understanding of the pathogenesis of <italic>C. higginsianum</italic> and resistance mechanisms of <italic>Arabidopsis</italic> against this hemibiotrophic fungus. The genome sequence of <italic>C. higginsianum</italic> has provided insights into how genome structure and pathogen genetic variability has been shaped by transposable elements, and allows systematic approaches to longstanding areas of investigation, including infection structure differentiation and fungal–plant interactions. The <italic>Arabidopsis-Colletotrichum</italic> pathosystem provides an integrated system, with extensive information on the host plant and availability of genomes for both partners, to illustrate many of the important concepts governing fungal–plant interactions, and to serve as an excellent starting point for broad perspectives into issues in plant pathology.
- Subjects
HOST-parasite relationships; ANTHRACNOSE; FUNGI; GENOMES; ARABIDOPSIS
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 7, p2142
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms19072142