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Krieg und Frieden: molekulares Ping-Pong zwischen Pilzen und Pflanzen

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The outcome of plant-microbe interactions is determined by the interplay of the microbial virulence repertoire with the plant immune system. We are using the interaction of the biotrophic fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis with its host plant maize as a model system. The fungus secretes effector proteins to modulate host metabolism, development, and immune responses. Functional characterization of these effectors helps us to understand the molecular basis of the complex interactions of plants and microbes.

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  1. AG Terrestrische Mikrobiologie Botanisches Institut und Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 47a, D-5064, Köln, Deutschland

    Katharina Eitzen, Jan Schulze Hüynck, Selma Schurack & Gunther Döhlemann

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Wir danken unseren Kooperationspartnern und allen Mitgliedern unserer Arbeitsgruppe, die in diesem Artikel nicht namentlich aufgeführt werden konnten. Unsere Arbeit an der Universität Köln wird gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie (Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science, CEPLAS) sowie in verschiedenen Einzel- und Verbundprojekten, die Europäische Union im Rahmen des European Research Council (ERC, Projekt Nr. GA771035), die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, das China Scholarship Council Program und die International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS).

Selma Schurack, Jan Schulze Hüynck, Gunther Döhlemann und Katharina Eitzen (v. l. n. r.) Die Autoren arbeiten am Botanischen Institut der Universität zu Köln. Die Arbeitsgruppe um Gunther Döhlemann untersucht Pflanzen-Mikroben-Interaktionen am Beispiel der Infektion von Maispflanzen durch den Brandpilz Ustilago maydis. Ziel der Arbeitsgruppe ist es, grundlegende molekulare Wechselwirkungen der Interaktion mikrobieller Pathogene mit dem pflanzlichen Immunsystem und anderen Mikroben aufzuklären.

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Eitzen, K., Hüynck, J.S., Schurack, S. et al. Krieg und Frieden: molekulares Ping-Pong zwischen Pilzen und Pflanzen. Biospektrum 25, 378–381 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-019-1064-4

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