A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis

Erika Kroll; Carlos Bayon; Jason Rudd; Victoria J. Armer; Anjana Magaji-Umashankar; Ryan Ames; Martin Urban; Neil A. Brown; Kim Hammond-Kosack

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012769

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A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis

Erika Kroll,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-7208

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Carlos Bayon,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Jason Rudd,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4743-1401

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Victoria J. Armer,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1008-520X

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Anjana Magaji-Umashankar,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Ryan Ames,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1432-5629

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Martin Urban,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2440-4352

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Neil A. Brown,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-5765

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Kim Hammond-Kosack

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kim.hammond-kosack@rothamsted.ac.uk

Affiliation Strategic Area: Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9699-485X

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A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis

Erika Kroll,
Carlos Bayon,
Jason Rudd,
Victoria J. Armer,
Anjana Magaji-Umashankar,
Ryan Ames,
Martin Urban,
Neil A. Brown,
Kim Hammond-Kosack

Published: January 9, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012769

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