The Histone Deacetylases MoRpd3 and MoHst4 Regulate Growth, Conidiation, and Pathogenicity in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Chaoxiang Lin,
Xue Cao,
Ziwei Qu,
Shulin Zhang,
Naweed I. Naqvi,
Yi Zhen Deng
Affiliations
Chaoxiang Lin
State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Xue Cao
Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Ziwei Qu
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Shulin Zhang
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
HDACs (histone deacetylases) regulate various aspects of growth, development, and pathogenesis in plant-pathogenic fungi. Most members of HDAC classes I to III have been functionally characterized, except for orthologous Rpd3 and Hst4, in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
