A CH Zinc Finger Protein PlCZF1 Is Necessary for Oospore Development and Virulence in .

CH zinc finger is one of the most common motifs found in the transcription factors (TFs) in eukaryotes organisms, which have a broad range of functions, such as regulation of growth and development, stress tolerance and pathogenicity. Here, was identified to encode a CH zinc finger in the litchi downy blight pathogen . is conserved in and species.

The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase PlMAPK2 Is Involved in Zoosporogenesis and Pathogenicity of .

As an evolutionarily conserved pathway, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades function as the key signal transducers that convey information by protein phosphorylation. Here we identified as one of 14 predicted MAPKs encoding genes in the plant pathogenic oomycete . is conserved in and species.