Publications of R. O'Connell

Takahara, H.; Yamaguchi, S.; Omura, N.; Nakajima, S.; Otoku, K.; Tanaka, S.; Ogura, K.; Kleemann, J.; O'Connell, R.: The Colletotrichum higginsianum secreted effector protein ChEC91 induces plant cell death. Journal of General Plant Pathology 87 (6), pp. 344 - 353 (2021)

Hacquard, S.; Kracher, B.; Hiruma, K.; Muech, P. C.; Garrido Oter, R.; Thon, M. R.; Weimann, A.; Damm, U.; Dallery, J.-F.; Hainaut, M. et al.; Henrissat, B.; Lespinet, O.; Sacristan, S.; Ver Loren van Themaat, E.; Kemen, E.; McHardy, A. C.; Schulze-Lefert, P.; O'Connell, R. J.: Survival trade-offs in plant roots during colonization by closely related beneficial and pathogenic fungi. Nature Communications 7, 11362 (2016)

Takahara, H.; Hacquard, S.; Kombrink, A.; Bleddy Hughes, H.; Halder, V.; Robin, G. P.; Hiruma, K.; Neumann, U.; Shinya, T.; Kombrink, E. et al.; Shibuya, N.; Thomma, B. P. H. J.; O'Connell, R. J. O.: Colletotrichum higginsianum extracellular LysM proteins play dual roles in appressorial function and suppression of chitin-triggered plant immunity. New Phytologist 211, pp. 1323 - 1337 (2016)

Kubo, Y.; Fujihara, N.; Harata, K.; Neumann, U.; Robin, G. P.; O'Connell, R.: Colletotrichum orbiculare FAM1 Encodes a Novel Woronin Body-Associated Pex22 Peroxin Required for Appressorium-Mediated Plant Infection. MBIO 6 (5), e01305-15 (2015)

Kim, H.; O'Connell, R.; Maekawa-Yoshikawa, M.; Uemura, T.; Neumann, U.; Schulze-Lefert, P.: The powdery mildew resistance protein RPW8.2 is carried on VAMP721/722 vesicles to the extrahaustorial membrane of haustorial complexes. The Plant Journal 79 (5), pp. 835 - 847 (2014)

Gan, P.; Ikeda, K.; Irieda, H.; Narusaka, M.; O'Connell, R. J.; Narusaka, Y.; Takano, Y.; Kubo, Y.; Shirasu, K.: Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the hemibiotrophic stage shift of Colletotrichum fungi. New Phytologist 197 (4), pp. 1236 - 1249 (2013)

Kleemann, J.; Rincon Rivera, L. J.; Takahara, H.; Neumann, U.; Ver Loren van Themaat, E.; van der Does, H. C.; Hacquard, S.; Stueber, K.; Will, I.; Schmalenbach, W. et al.; Schmelzer, E.; O'Connell, R. J.: Sequential Delivery of Host-Induced Virulence Effectors by Appressoria and Intracellular Hyphae of the Phytopathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum. PLoS Pathogens 8 (4), e1002643 (2012)

O'Connell, R. J.; Thon, M. R.; Hacquard, S.; Amyotte, S. G.; Kleemann, J.; Torres, M. F.; Damm, U.; Buiate, E. A.; Epstein, L.; Alkan, N. et al.; Altmueller, J.; Alvarado-Balderrama, L.; Bauser, C. A.; Becker, C.; Birren, B. W.; Chen, Z.; Choi, J.; Crouch, J. A.; Duvick, J. P.; Farman, M. A.; Gan, P.; Heiman, D.; Henrissat, B.; Howard, R. J.; Kabbage, M.; Koch, C.; Kracher, B.; Kubo, Y.; Law, A. D.; Lebrun, M.-H.; Lee, Y.-H.; Miyara, I.; Moore, N.; Neumann, U.; Nordstroem, K.; Panaccione, D. G.; Panstruga, R.; Place, M.; Proctor, R. H.; Prusky, D.; Rech, G.; Reinhardt, R.; Rollins, J. A.; Rounsley, S.; Schardl, C. L.; Schwartz, D. C.; Shenoy, N.; Shirasu, K.; Sikhakolli, U. R.; Stueber, K.; Sukno, S. A.; Sweigard, J. A.; Takano, Y.; Takahara, H.; Trail, F.; van der Does, H. C.; Voll, L. M.; Will, I.; Young, S.; Zeng, Q.; Zhang, J.; Zhou, S.; Dickman, M. B.; Schulze-Lefert, P.; Ver Loren van Themaat, E.; Ma, L.-J.; Vaillancourt, L. J.: Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses. Nature Genetics 44 (9), pp. 1060 - + (2012)

Micali, C. O.; Neumann, U.; Grunewald, D.; Panstruga, R.; O'Connell, R.: Biogenesis of a specialized plant–fungal interface during host cell internalization of Golovinomyces orontii haustoria. Cellular Microbiology 13, pp. 210 - 226 (2011)

Fujihara, N.; Sakaguchi, A.; Tanaka, S.; Fujii, S.; Tsuji, G.; Shiraishi, T.; O'Connell, R.; Kubo, Y.: Peroxisome Biogenesis Factor PEX13 Is Required for Appressorium-Mediated Plant Infection by the Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23, DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-4-0436, pp. 436 - 445 (2010)

Spanu, P. D.; Abbott, J. C.; Amselem, J. l.; Burgis, T. A.; Soanes, D. M.; Stueber, K.; Ver Loren van Themaat, E.; Brown, J. K. M.; Butcher, S. A.; Gurr, S. J. et al.; Lebrun, M.-H.; Ridout, C. J.; Schulze-Lefert, P.; Talbot, N. J.; Ahmadinejad, N.; Ametz, C.; Barton, G. R.; Benjdia, M.; Bidzinski, P.; Bindschedler, L. V.; Both, M.; Brewer, M. T.; Cadle-Davidson, L.; Cadle-Davidson, M. M.; Collemare, J.; Cramer, R.; Francisco, L.-R.; Frenkel, O.; Godfrey, D.; Harriman, J.; Hoede, C.; King, B. C.; Klages, S.; Kleemann, J.; Knoll, D.; Koti, P. S.; Kreplak, J.; Lu, X.; Maekawa, T.; Mahanil, S.; Milgroom, M. G.; Montana, G.; Noir, S.; O'Connell, R. J.; Oberhaensli, S.; Parlange, F.; Pedersen, C.; Quesneville, H.; Reinhardt, R.; Rott, M.; Sacristán, S.; Schmidt, S. M.; Schön, M.; Skamnioti, P.; Sommer, H.; Stephens, A.; Takahara, H.; Thordal-Christensen, H.; Vigouroux, M.; Weßling, R.; Wicker, T.; Panstruga, R.: Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal functional tradeoffs in extreme parasitism. Science 330, pp. 1543 - 1546 (2010)

Tanaka, S.; Ichikawa, A.; Yamada, K.; Tsuji, G.; Nishiuchi, T.; Mori, M.; Koga, H.; Nishizawa, Y.; O'Connell, R.; Kubo, Y.: HvCEBiP, a gene homologous to rice chitin receptor CEBiP, contributes to basal resistance of barley to Magnaporthe oryzae. BMC Plant Biology 10, doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-288, p. 288 (2010)

Birker, D.; Heidrich, K.; Takahara, H.; Narusaka, M.; Deslandes, L.; Narusaka, Y.; Reymond, M.; Parker, J. E.; O'Connell, R.: A locus conferring resistance to Colletotrichum higginsianum is shared by four geographically distinct Arabidopsis accessions. Plant Journal 60, 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03984.x, p. 602-613 (2009)

Huser, A.; Takahara, H.; Schmalenbach, W.; O'Connell, R.: Discovery of Pathogenicity Genes in the Crucifer Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum, Using Random Insertional Mutagenesis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22, DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-2-0143, pp. 143 - 156 (2009)

Meyer, D.; Pajonk, S.; Micali, C.; O'Connell, R.; Schulze-Lefert, P.: Extracellular transport and integration of plant secretory proteins into pathogen-induced cell wall compartments. Plant Journal 57, 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03743.x, pp. 986 - 999 (2009)

Takahara, H.; Dolf, A.; Endl, E.; O'Connell, R.: Flow cytometric purification of Colletotrichum higginsianum biotrophic hyphae from Arabidopsis leaves for stage-specific transcriptome analysis. Plant Journal 59, 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03896.x, pp. 672 - 683 (2009)

Tanaka, S.; Ishihama, N.; Yoshioka, H.; Huser, A.; O'Connell, R.; Tsuji, G.; Tsuge, S.; Kubo, Y.: The Colletotrichum orbiculare ssd1 Mutant Enhances Nicotiana benthamiana Basal Resistance by Activating a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway. Plant Cell advance online publication, 10.1105/tpc.109.068023 (2009)

Kleemann, J.; Takahara, H.; Stueber, K.; O'Connell, R.: Identification of soluble secreted proteins from appressoria of Colletotrichum higginsianum by analysis of expressed sequence tags. Microbiology 154, pp. 1204 - 1217 (2008)

Hoi, J. W. S.; Herbert, C.; Bacha, N.; O'Connell, R.; Lafitte, C.; Borderies, G.; Rossignol, M.; Rouge, P.; Dumas, B.: Regulation and role of a STE12-like transcription factor from the plant pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Molecular Microbiology 64 (1), pp. 68 - 82 (2007)

Rawlings, S. L.; O'Connell, R. J. O.; Green, J. R.: The spore coat of the bean anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum is required for adhesion, appressorium development and pathogenicity. Physiological Molecular Plant Pathology 70, pp. 110 - 119 (2007)

Tanaka, S.; Yamada, K.; Yabumoto, K.; Fujii, S.; Huser, A.; Tsuji, G.; Koga, H.; Dohi, K.; Mori, M.; Shiraishi, T. et al.; O'Connell, R.; Kubo, Y.: Saccharomyces cerevisiae SSD1 orthologues are essential for host infection by the ascomycete plant pathogens Colletotrichum lagenarium and Magnaporthe grisea. Molecular Microbiology 64 (5), pp. 1332 - 1349 (2007)

O'Connell, R. J.; Panstruga, R.: Tete a tete inside a plant cell: establishing compatibility between plants and biotrophic fungi and oomycetes. New Phytologist 171 (4), pp. 699 - 718 (2006)

Schmitt, M. R.; Carzaniga, R.; Cotter, H. V. T.; O'Connell, R.; Hollomon, D.: Microscopy reveals disease control through novel effects on fungal development: a case study with an early-generation benzophenone fungicide. Pest Management Science 62 (5), pp. 383 - 392 (2006)

Shimada, C.; Lipka, V.; O'Connell, R.; Okuno, T.; Schulze-Lefert, P.; Takano, Y.: Nonhost resistance in Arabidopsis-colletotrichum interactions acts at the cell periphery and requires actin filament function. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19 (3), pp. 270 - 279 (2006)