Valentina Wolf
alvalentinawolf.bsky.social
Valentina Wolf
@alvalentinawolf.bsky.social
PhD student with Milda Pucetaite at Lund University.
Interested in soil microbiology, microbial interactions and biogeochemical carbon cycling.
Reposted by Valentina Wolf
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We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation
Evolutionary histories of effector proteins secreted by fungal pathogens to mediate plant colonization remain largely elusive. While most functionally characterized effectors modulate plant immunity, ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM