Publications of T. Brefort

Brefort, T.; Tanaka, S.; Neidig, N.; Doehlemann, G.; Vincon, V.; Kahmann, R.: Characterization of the Largest Effector Gene Cluster of Ustilago maydis. PLoS Pathogens 10 (7), e1003866 (2014)

Tanaka, S.; Brefort, T.; Neidig, N.; Djamei, A.; Kahnt, J.; Vermerris, W.; Koenig, S.; Feussner, K.; Feussner, I.; Kahmann, R.: A secreted Ustilago maydis effector promotes virulence by targeting anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize. eLife 3, e01355 (2014)

Stock, J.; Sarkari, P.; Kreibich, S.; Brefort, T.; Feldbrugge, M.; Schipper, K.: Applying unconventional secretion of the endochitinase Cts1 to export heterologous proteins in Ustilago maydis. Journal of Biotechnology 161 (2), pp. 80 - 91 (2012)

Brefort, T.; Scherzinger, D.; Limon, M.; Estrada, A. F.; Trautmann, D.; Mengel, C.; Avalos, J.; Al-Babili, S.: Cleavage of resveratrol in fungi: Characterization of the enzyme Rco1 from Ustilago maydis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 48 (2), pp. 132 - 143 (2011)

Schirawski, J.; Mannhaupt, G.; Münch, K.; Brefort, T.; Schipper, K.; Doehlemann, G.; Di Stasio, M.; Rossel, N.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Pester, D. et al.; Muller, O.; Winterberg, B.; Meyer, E.; Ghareeb, H.; Wollenberg, T.; Munsterkotter, M.; Wong, P.; Walter, M.; Stukenbrock, E.; Guldener, U.; Kahmann, R.: Pathogenicity Determinants in Smut Fungi Revealed by Genome Comparison. Science 330 (6010), pp. 1546 - 1548 (2010)

Di Stasio, M.; Brefort, T.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Münch, K.; Kahmann, R.: The dual specificity phosphatase Rok1 negatively regulates mating and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis. Molecular Microbiology 73 (1), pp. 73 - 88 (2009)

Kaemper, J.; Kahmann, R.; Boelker, M.; Ma, L.-J.; Brefort, T.; Saville, B. J.; Banuett, F.; Kronstad, J. W.; Gold, S. E.; Perlin, M. H. et al.; Woesten, H. A. B.; de Vries, R.; Ruiz-Herrera, J.; Reynaga-Pena, C. G.; Snetselaar, K.; McCann, M.; Pérez-Martín, J.; Feldbruegge, M.; Basse, C. W.; Steinberg, G.; Ibeas, J. I.; Holloman, W.; Guzman, P.; Farman, M.; Stajich, J. E.; Sentandreu, R.; González-Prieto, J. M.; Kennell, J. C.; Molina, L.; Schirawski, J.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Greilinger, D.; Muench, K.; Roessel, N.; Scherer, M.; Vranes, M.; Ladendorf, O.; Vincon, V.; Fuchs, U.; Sandrock, B.; Meng, S.; Ho, E. C. H.; Cahill, M. J.; Boyce, K. J.; Klose, J.; Klosterman, S. J.; Deelstra, H. J.; Ortiz-Castellanos, L.; Li, W.; Sanchez-Alonso, P.; Schreier, P. H.; Haeuser-Hahn, I.; Vaupel, M.; Koopmann, E.; Friedrich, G.; Voss, H.; Schlueter, T.; Margolis, J.; Platt, D.; Swimmer, C.; Gnirke, A.; Chen, F.; Vysotskaia, V.; Mannhaupt, G.; Gueldener, U.; Muensterkoetter, M.; Haase, D.; Oesterheld, M.; Mewes, H.-W.; Mauceli, E. W.; DeCaprio, D.; Wade, C. M.; Butler, J.; Young, S.; Jaffe, D. B.; Calvo, S.; Nusbaum, C.; Galagan, J.; Birren, B. W.: Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature 444, pp. 97 - 101 (2006)

Brefort, T.; Mueller, P.; Kahmann, R.: The high-mobility-group domain transcription factor Rpo1 is a direct regulator of prf1 in Ustilago maydis. Eucaryotic Cell 4 (2), pp. 379 - 391 (2005)

Brefort, T.; Molina, L.; Doehlemann, G.; Schipper, K.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Mueller, O.; Schirawski, J.; Kahmann, R.: The role of secreted proteins during establishment of biotrophy in the Ustilago maydis/maize pathosystem. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, pp. 1 - 8 (Ed. International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions). International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, M.N. (2008)

Brefort, T.; Schipper, K.; Döhlemann, G.; Kahmann, R.: The Biotrophic Phase of Ustilago maydis: Novel Determinants for Compatibility. In: Genomics of Disease, pp. 173 - 182. Springer, New York (2008)

Schirawski, J.; Brefort, T.; Molina, L.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Müller, O.; Kahmann, R.: Ustilago maydis: New insights into the early infection phase. In: Biology of Plant-Micriobe Interactions - Vol. 5, pp. 559 - 564. International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul (2006)

Schipper, K.; Döhlemann, G.; Brefort, T.; Djamei, A.; Liang, L.; Khrunyk, Y.; Schirawski, J.; Kahmann, R.: The effectors of smut fungi. In: Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 7 (Eds. Antoun, H.; et al.). 2009 IS-MPMI Symposium Proceedings (2009)

Brefort, T.: Identifizierung von Effektoren der Pheromon-MAPK-Kaskade in Ustilago maydis. Dissertation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg (2004)

Brefort, T.; Doehlemann, G.; Mendoza-Mendoza, A.; Reissmann, S.; Djamei, A.; Kahmann, R.: Ustilago maydis as a Pathogen. Annual Review of Phythopathology 47, pp. 423 - 445 (2009)