Heat Stress Tolerance Gene Affects Conidiation and Pathogenicity of .

Heat shock protein Hsp104, a homolog of the bacterial chaperone ClpB and plant Hsp100, plays an essential part in the response to heat and various chemical agents in . However, their functions remain largely unknown in plant fungal pathogens. Here, we report the identification and functional characterization of a plausible ortholog of yeast Hsp104 in , which we termed FpHsp104.

Analysis of Apoptosis-Related Genes Reveals that Apoptosis Functions in Conidiation and Pathogenesis of .

Apoptosis, a type of programmed cell death, plays crucial roles in various physiological processes, from development to adaptive responses. Key features of apoptosis have been verified in various fungal microbes but not yet in species. Here, we identified 19 apoptosis-related genes in using a genome-wide survey.

Identification and functional analysis of invasion associated locus B (IalB) in Bartonella species.

Bartonellosis is caused by the genus Bartonella. Bartonella is widely distributed in the ruminants, cats, dogs, rodents and other mammals including humans. At least 13 species or subspecies of Bartonella are zoonotic, and each species appears to be highly adapted to one or a limited number of reservoir animals in which it is asymptomatic, while it can be transmitted to humans in which a variety of clinical manifestations can be caused.