Armin Djamei

TL;DR: It is shown that the chorismate mutase Cmu1 secreted by U. maydis is a virulence factor, which is taken up by plant cells, can spread to neighbouring cells and changes the metabolic status of these cells through metabolic priming.

TL;DR: This review describes the most prominent features of the U. maydis-maize pathosystem as well as genes and pathways most relevant to disease and highlights recent developments that place this system at the forefront of understanding the function of secreted effectors in eukaryotic pathogens.

TL;DR: Phenotypic and molecular analysis revealed that the MAPK kinases MKK1 and MKK2 are part of a cascade, regulating ROS and salicylic acid accumulation, and indicates the high level of complexity revealed by this signalling network.

TL;DR: It is shown that VIP1 is a transcription factor that is a direct target of the Agrobacterium-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) MPK3, and MAPK-dependent phosphorylation of VIP 1 is necessary for VIP1-mediated AgRobacterium T-DNA transfer, indicating that Agrobacteria abuses the MAPk-targeted VIP1 defense signaling pathway for nuclear delivery of the T- DNA complex as a Trojan horse.

TL;DR: In this article, the function of the group B MAPK kinase, MKK3, was analyzed in Arabidopsis thaliana and showed that it plays a role in pathogen defense and further underscore the importance and complexity of MAPK signaling in plant stress responses.