@article{21d7bc18cae743e4a0b2bf3b4e2e9735,
title = "The plant cell wall as a site for molecular contacts in fungal pathogenesis",
abstract = "The plant cell wall, the most external layer of the plant surface, is the site where most pathogenic fungi first make contact with host cells. A plant–fungus interaction therefore commences at the interface between the plant and the spore. Our current research focusing on the plant cell wall has discovered an extracellular ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (ecto-NTPDase/apyrase; EC3.6.1.15) as a key player in plant defense before the onset of PTI (PAMP-triggered immunity). This review focuses on our recent findings, especially the role of the plant cell wall in the extracellular defense against fungi as well as fungal strategies resulting in successful infection.",
keywords = "Ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (ecto-NTPDase/apyrase EC3.6.1.15), Extracellular defense, Mycosphaerella pinodes, Plant cell wall, Suppressor",
author = "Kazuhiro Toyoda and Sachiyo Yao and Mai Takagi and Maki Uchioki and Momiji Miki and Kaori Tanaka and Tomoko Suzuki and Masashi Amano and Akinori Kiba and Toshiaki Kato and Hirotaka Takahashi and Yasuhiro Ishiga and Hidenori Matsui and Yoshiteru Noutoshi and Mikihiro Yamamoto and Yuki Ichinose and Tomonori Shiraishi",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to express special thanks to all colleagues in our laboratory for technical support and valuable discussion. The authors acknowledge Prof. Dr. Nobuyuki Yoshikawa and Dr. Noriko Yamagishi (Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan) for the gift of the Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV)-based gene silencing system. The authors also thank Prof. Dr. Yasuyuki Kubo (Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan) for the gift of a Colletotrichum higginsianum strain. This research was supported in part by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2016",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.pmpp.2016.02.006",
language = "English",
volume = "95",
pages = "44--49",
journal = "Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology",
issn = "0885-5765",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}