@article{aee0ccb9cb8848508dd0c54717a4c302,
title = "Genome-wide functional analysis of pathogenicity genes in the rice blast fungus",
abstract = "Rapid translation of genome sequences into meaningful biological information hinges on the integration of multiple experimental and informatics methods into a cohesive platform. Despite the explosion in the number of genome sequences available, such a platform does not exist for filamentous fungi. Here we present the development and application of a functional genomics and informatics platform for a model plant pathogenic fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. In total, we produced 21,070 mutants through large-scale insertional mutagenesis using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. We used a high-throughput phenotype screening pipeline to detect disruption of seven phenotypes encompassing the fungal life cycle and identified the mutated gene and the nature of mutation for each mutant. Comparative analysis of phenotypes and genotypes of the mutants uncovered 202 new pathogenicity loci. Our findings demonstrate the effectiveness of our platform and provide new insights on the molecular basis of fungal pathogenesis. Our approach promises comprehensive functional genomics in filamentous fungi and beyond.",
author = "Junhyun Jeon and Park, {Sook Young} and Chi, {Myoung Hwan} and Jaehyuk Choi and Jongsun Park and Rho, {Hee Sool} and Soonok Kim and Jaeduk Goh and Sungyong Yoo and Jinhee Choi and Park, {Ju Young} and Mihwa Yi and Seonyoung Yang and Kwon, {Min Jung} and Han, {Seong Sook} and Kim, {Byeong Ryun} and Khang, {Chang Hyun} and Bongsoo Park and Lim, {Se Eun} and Kyongyong Jung and Sunghyung Kong and Maruthachalam Karunakaran and Oh, {Hong Sik} and Hyojeong Kim and Seryun Kim and Jaejin Park and Soyoung Kang and Choi, {Woo Bong} and Seogchan Kang and Lee, {Yong Hwan}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to K. Lee and N.J. Talbot for their comments and suggestions on the manuscript. This research was partially supported by a grant from the Biogreen21 project funded by the Rural Development Administration, by grants from the Crop Functional Genomics Center (CG1421) and the Microbial Genomics and Applications Center (0462-20060021) of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and by Korean Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2004-005-F00013) to Y.H.L. Requests for materials should be addressed to Y.H.L. (
[email protected]).",
year = "2007",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1038/ng2002",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "561--565",
journal = "Nature Genetics",
issn = "1061-4036",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "4",
}