Constitutive expression of transcription factor SirZ blocks pathogenicity in Leptosphaeria maculans independently of sirodesmin production

• Andrew S. Urquhart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Applied BioSciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

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• Candace E. Elliott,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Biosecurity Operations Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Post Entry Quarantine, Mickleham, Victoria, Australia

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• Wei Zeng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sino-Australia Plant Cell Wall Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China

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• Alexander Idnurm

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alexander.idnurm@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliation School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-7040

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