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Nicholas J Talbot

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1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes. Autophagy 2007 20.92
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy 2012 20.08
3 The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Nature 2005 6.95
4 Genomic analysis of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea. PLoS Genet 2011 3.52
5 Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal tradeoffs in extreme parasitism. Science 2010 3.35
6 Under pressure: investigating the biology of plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae. Nat Rev Microbiol 2009 3.33
7 Autophagic fungal cell death is necessary for infection by the rice blast fungus. Science 2006 2.67
8 Evolution of filamentous plant pathogens: gene exchange across eukaryotic kingdoms. Curr Biol 2006 2.55
9 The glyoxylate cycle is required for temporal regulation of virulence by the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Mol Microbiol 2003 2.01
10 Generation of reactive oxygen species by fungal NADPH oxidases is required for rice blast disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.87
11 Septin-mediated plant cell invasion by the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Science 2012 1.85
12 Effector-mediated suppression of chitin-triggered immunity by magnaporthe oryzae is necessary for rice blast disease. Plant Cell 2012 1.84
13 Horizontal gene transfer facilitated the evolution of plant parasitic mechanisms in the oomycetes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.71
14 Comparative genome analysis of filamentous fungi reveals gene family expansions associated with fungal pathogenesis. PLoS One 2008 1.68
15 Comparative genomics of MAP kinase and calcium-calcineurin signalling components in plant and human pathogenic fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 2009 1.66
16 Trehalose synthesis and metabolism are required at different stages of plant infection by Magnaporthe grisea. EMBO J 2003 1.60
17 Genome-wide functional analysis reveals that infection-associated fungal autophagy is necessary for rice blast disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.53
18 Phylogenomic analysis demonstrates a pattern of rare and ancient horizontal gene transfer between plants and fungi. Plant Cell 2009 1.50
19 Insights from sequencing fungal and oomycete genomes: what can we learn about plant disease and the evolution of pathogenicity? Plant Cell 2007 1.43
20 Independent genetic mechanisms mediate turgor generation and penetration peg formation during plant infection in the rice blast fungus. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.42
21 Functional analysis of lipid metabolism in Magnaporthe grisea reveals a requirement for peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation during appressorium-mediated plant infection. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2007 1.37
22 Tps1 regulates the pentose phosphate pathway, nitrogen metabolism and fungal virulence. EMBO J 2007 1.35
23 Two distinct secretion systems facilitate tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Nat Commun 2013 1.35
24 A Magnaporthe grisea cyclophilin acts as a virulence determinant during plant infection. Plant Cell 2002 1.34
25 Genome-wide transcriptional profiling of appressorium development by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog 2012 1.33
26 Comparative genome analysis across a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms: specialization and diversification in the fungi. Genome Res 2007 1.28
27 A P-type ATPase required for rice blast disease and induction of host resistance. Nature 2006 1.23
28 Metabolomic analysis reveals a common pattern of metabolic re-programming during invasion of three host plant species by Magnaporthe grisea. Plant J 2009 1.21
29 Hook is an adapter that coordinates kinesin-3 and dynein cargo attachment on early endosomes. J Cell Biol 2014 1.21
30 Cell cycle-mediated regulation of plant infection by the rice blast fungus. Plant Cell 2010 1.20
31 Peroxisomal carnitine acetyl transferase is required for elaboration of penetration hyphae during plant infection by Magnaporthe grisea. Mol Microbiol 2006 1.20
32 NADPH oxidases regulate septin-mediated cytoskeletal remodeling during plant infection by the rice blast fungus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 1.20
33 An NADPH-dependent genetic switch regulates plant infection by the rice blast fungus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.19
34 Spatial uncoupling of mitosis and cytokinesis during appressorium-mediated plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant Cell 2010 1.16
35 Genomics of phytopathogenic fungi and the development of bioinformatic resources. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2002 1.12
36 N-glycosylation of effector proteins by an α-1,3-mannosyltransferase is required for the rice blast fungus to evade host innate immunity. Plant Cell 2014 1.12
37 Building filaments in the air: aerial morphogenesis in bacteria and fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol 2004 1.09
38 Cellular differentiation and host invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Curr Opin Microbiol 2007 1.09
39 Magnaporthe grisea interactions with the model grass Brachypodium distachyon closely resemble those with rice (Oryza sativa). Mol Plant Pathol 2004 1.07
40 Genomics of parasitic and symbiotic fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol 2002 1.04
41 Anti-apoptotic machinery protects the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea from host-induced apoptotic-like cell death during plant infection. PLoS Pathog 2011 1.01
42 A fungal metallothionein is required for pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea. Plant Cell 2004 0.99
43 Structure-function analysis of a CVNH-LysM lectin expressed during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Structure 2011 0.97
44 e-Fungi: a data resource for comparative analysis of fungal genomes. BMC Genomics 2007 0.96
45 Regulation of the MPG1 hydrophobin gene in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2002 0.94
46 Real-time PCR quantification and live-cell imaging of endophytic colonization of barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots by Fusarium equiseti and Pochonia chlamydosporia. New Phytol 2009 0.94
47 Horizontal gene transfer in osmotrophs: playing with public goods. Nat Rev Microbiol 2013 0.94
48 MoRic8 Is a novel component of G-protein signaling during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2010 0.94
49 A bioinformatic tool for analysis of EST transcript abundance during infection-related development by Magnaporthe grisea. Mol Plant Pathol 2005 0.92
50 Comparative genome analysis reveals an absence of leucine-rich repeat pattern-recognition receptor proteins in the kingdom Fungi. PLoS One 2010 0.89
51 Comparative genomic analysis of phytopathogenic fungi using expressed sequence tag (EST) collections. Mol Plant Pathol 2006 0.89
52 Fungal physiology - a future perspective. Microbiology 2009 0.89
53 Four conserved intramolecular disulphide linkages are required for secretion and cell wall localization of a hydrophobin during fungal morphogenesis. Mol Microbiol 2005 0.88
54 Characterization of MoLDB1 required for vegetative growth, infection-related morphogenesis, and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2010 0.86
55 Two novel transcriptional regulators are essential for infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog 2011 0.86
56 Moving targets: rapid evolution of oomycete effectors. Trends Microbiol 2008 0.86
57 A relational database for the discovery of genes encoding amino acid biosynthetic enzymes in pathogenic fungi. Comp Funct Genomics 2003 0.86
58 Immunofluorescence microscopy and immunogold EM for investigating fungal infection of plants. Nat Protoc 2006 0.84
59 RNA interference of endochitinases in the sugarcane endophyte Trichoderma virens 223 reduces its fitness as a biocontrol agent of pineapple disease. PLoS One 2012 0.84
60 A sterol 14α-demethylase is required for conidiation, virulence and for mediating sensitivity to sterol demethylation inhibitors by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Fungal Genet Biol 2010 0.83
61 Glycogen metabolic genes are involved in trehalose-6-phosphate synthase-mediated regulation of pathogenicity by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog 2013 0.83
62 Autophagic cell death and its importance for fungal developmental biology and pathogenesis. Autophagy 2007 0.83
63 The influence of genotypic variation on metabolite diversity in populations of two endophytic fungal species. Fungal Genet Biol 2004 0.82
64 Plant pathology: deadly special deliveries. Nature 2007 0.81
65 Saprotrophic competitiveness and biocontrol fitness of a genetically modified strain of the plant-growth-promoting fungus Trichoderma hamatum GD12. Microbiology 2011 0.81
66 Plant parasitic oomycetes such as phytophthora species contain genes derived from three eukaryotic lineages. Plant Signal Behav 2007 0.80
67 The MET13 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene is essential for infection-related morphogenesis in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS One 2013 0.79
68 Fungal genomics goes industrial. Nat Biotechnol 2007 0.79
69 Infection-associated nuclear degeneration in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae requires non-selective macro-autophagy. PLoS One 2012 0.78
70 Stage-specific cellular localisation of two hydrophobins during plant infection by the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum. Fungal Genet Biol 2004 0.78
71 Moving toward a systems biology approach to the study of fungal pathogenesis in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Adv Appl Microbiol 2005 0.77
72 Structural and functional analysis of an oligomeric hydrophobin gene from Claviceps purpurea. Mol Plant Pathol 2003 0.77
73 Use of a substrate/alliinase combination to generate antifungal activity in situ. J Agric Food Chem 2005 0.77
74 Cell biology: Raiding the sweet shop. Nature 2010 0.76
75 Genomes, free radicals and plant cell invasion: recent developments in plant pathogenic fungi. Curr Opin Plant Biol 2008 0.76
76 Production of a monoclonal antibody specific to the genus Trichoderma and closely related fungi, and its use to detect Trichoderma spp. in naturally infested composts. Microbiology 2002 0.76
77 Silencing the crowd: high-throughput functional genomics in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Microbiol 2008 0.75
78 Unwrapping the Laccaria genome. New Phytol 2008 0.75
79 Regulating morphogenetic transitions during development and pathogenesis of microbial eukaryotes. Curr Opin Microbiol 2012 0.75