Publications

2012-2008

Dean, R., van Kan, J.A.L., Pretorius, Z.A., Hammond-Kosack, K.E., Di Pietro, A., Spanu, P., Rudd, J.J., Dickman, M., Kahmann, R., Ellis, J., Foster, G. (2012)
The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Mol Plant Pathol. 2012 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.2011.00783.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Fernandez-Alvarez, A., Marin-Menguiano, M., Jimenez-Martin, A., Elias-Villalobos, A., Perez-Pulido, A. J., Lanver, D., Reissmann, S., Kahmann, R., Ibeas, J.I. (2012)
Identification of O-mannosylated Virulence Factors in Ustilago maydis. PLoS Pathog 8(3): e1002563. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002563
Djamei, A., Schipper, K., Rabe, F., Ghosh, A., Vincon, V., Kahnt, J., Osorio, S., Tohge, T., Fernie, A.R., Feussner, I., Feussner, K., Meinicke, P., Stierhoff, Y., Schwarz, H., Macek, B., Mann, M., Kahmann, R. (2011)
Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector. Nature 478, 395-398.
Voll, L.M., Horst, R.J., Voitsik, A.M., Zajic, D., Samans, B., Pons-Kühnemann, J., Döhlemann, G., Münch, S., Wahl, R., Molitor, A., Hofmann, J., Schmiedl, A., Waller, F., Deising, H.B., Kahmann, R., Kämper, J., Kogel, K.-H., Sonnewald, U. (2011)
Common motifs in the response of cereal primary metabolism to fungal pathogens are not based on similar transcriptional reprogramming. Frontiers in Plant Sci. 2:39, doi:10.3389/fpls.2011.00039.
Doehlemann, G., Reissmann, S., Aßmann, D., Fleckenstein, M., Kahmann, R. (2011)
Two linked genes encoding a secreted effector and a membrane protein are essential for Ustilago maydis-induced tumour formation. Mol. Microbiol. 81(3):751-766
Wang, L., Berndt, P., Xia, X., Kahnt, J., Kahmann, R. (2011)
A seven-WD40 protein related to human RACK1 regulates mating and virulence in Ustilago Maydis. Mol Micro 81, 1484-1498
Khrunyk Y, Münch K, Schipper K, Lupas AN, Kahmann R. (2010)
The use of FLP-mediated recombination for the functional analysis of an effector gene family in the biotrophic smut fungus Ustilago maydis.New Phytol. 187(4):957-968.
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Lanver D, Mendoza-Mendoza A, Brachmann A, Kahmann R.(2010)
Sho1 and Msb2-related proteins regulate appressorium development in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell 22(6):2085-2101.
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Winterberg, B., Uhlmann, S., Linne, U., Lessing, F., Marahiel, M.A., Eichhorn, H., Kahmann, R. and Schirawski, J. (2010).
Elucidation of the complete Ferrichrome A biosynthetic pathway in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 75, 1260-1271.
Horst, R.J., Doehlemann, G., Wahl, R., Hofmann, J., Schmiedl, A., Kahmann, R., Kämper, J., Voll, L.M. (2010)
A model of Ustilago maydis leaf tumor metabolism. Plant Signal. Behav.5: 1446-1449
Horst, R.J., Doehlemann, G., Wahl, R., Hofmann, J., Schmiedl, A., Kahmann, R., Kämper, J., Sonnewald, U. and Voll, L.M. (2010).
Ustilago maydis infection strongly alters organic nitrogen allocation in maize and stimulates productivity of systemic source leaves. Plant Physiol. 152 (1), 293-308. (Epub 18 Nov. 2009)
Dong, X. and Kahmann, R. (2009).
Battle for survival: plants and their allies and enemies. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12, 387-389.
Di Stasio, M., Brefort, T., Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Münch, K. and Kahmann, R. (2009).
The dual specificity phosphatase Rok1 negatively regulates mating and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 73 (1), 73-88.
Brefort, T., Doehlemann, G., Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Reissmann, S., Djamei, A. and Kahmann, R. (2009).
Ustilago maydis as a Pathogen. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 47, 423-445.
Schipper, K., Doehlemann, G., Brefort, T., Djamei, A., Liang, L., Khrunyk, Y., Schirawski, J. and Kahmann, R. (2009).
The effectors of smut fungi. In Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 7 (2009 IS-MPMI Symposium Proceedings) (H. Antoun et al., eds.). (in press)
Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Eskova, A., Weise, C., Czajkowski, R. and Kahmann, R. (2009)
Hap2 regulates the pheromone response transcription factor prf1 in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. Mol. Microbiol. 72 (3), 683-698.
Rispail, N., Soanes, D.M., Ant, C., Czajkowsky, R., Grünler, A., Huguet, R., Perez-Nadales, E., Poli, A., Sartorel, E., Valiante, V., Yang, M., Beffa, R., Brakhage, A.A., Gow, N.A.R., Kahmann, R., Lebrun, M.-H., Lenasi, H., Perez-Martin, J., Talbot, N.J., Wendland, J., Di Pietro, A. (2009)
Comparative genomics of MAP kinase and calcium-calcineurin signalling components in plant and human pathogenic fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 46, 287-298.
Doehlemann, G., van der Linde, K., Aßmann, D., Schwammbach, D., Hof, A., Mohanty, A., Jackson, D. and Kahmann, R. (2009)
Pep1, a secreted effector protein of Ustilago maydis, is required for successful invasion of plant cells. PLoS Pathogens 5(2), 1-16.
Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Berndt, P., Djamei, A., Weise, C., Linne, U., Marahiel, M., Vranes, M., Kaemper, J. and Kahmann, R. (2009)
Physical-chemical plant-derived signals induce differentiation in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 71, 895-911.
Doehlemann, G., Wahl, R. Vranes, M., de Vries, R.P., Kaemper, J. and Kahmann, R. (2008)
Establishment of compatibility in the Ustilago maydis/maize pathosystem. J. Plant Physiol. 165, 29-40.
Mueller, O., Kahmann, R., Aguilar, G., Trejo-Aguilar, B., Wu, A. and de Vries, R.P. (2008)
The secretome of the maize pathogen Ustilago maydis. Fungal Genet. Biol. 45 Suppl. 1, S63-70.
Doehlemann, G., Wahl, R., Horst, R.J., Voll, L.M., Usadel, B., Poree, F., Stitt, M., Pons-Kühnemann, J., Sonnewald, U., Kahmann, R. and Kaemper, J. (2008)
Reprogramming a maize plant: transcriptional and metabolic changes induced by the fungal biotroph Ustilago maydis. Plant J. 56, 181-195.
Zarnack, K., Eichhorn, H., Kahmann, R. and Feldbruegge, M. (2008)
Pheromone-regulated target genes respond differentially to MAPK phosphorylation of transcription factor Prf1. Mol. Microbiol. 69, 1041-1053.
Reineke, G., Heinze, B., Schirawski, J., Buettner, H., Kahmann, R. and Basse, C.W. (2008)
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis and its relevance for increased IAA levels in infected tissue and host tumour formation. Mol. Plant Pathol. 9, 339-355.
Brefort, T., Schipper, K., Doehlemann, G. and Kahmann, R. (2008)
The Biotrophic Phase of Ustilago maydis: Novel Determinants for Compatibility. In: Genomics of Disease (Gustafson, J.P., Tayler, J., Stacey, G. eds.), New York NY : Springer New York, 173-182 (Stadler Genetics Symposia Series).
Brefort, T., Molina, L., Doehlemann, G., Schipper, K., Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Mueller, O., Schirawski, J. and Kahmann, R. (2008)
The role of secreted proteins during establishment of biotrophy in the Ustilago maydis/maize pathosystem. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 6, (Lorito, M., Woo, S.L., Scala, F. eds.), St. Paul MN: International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1-8 (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento (Naples), Italy, July 21-27, 2007).

2007-2006

Molina, L. and Kahmann, R. (2007)
An Ustilago maydis gene involved in H2O2 detoxification is required for virulence. Plant Cell, 19, 2293-2309.
Kahmann, R. and Schirawski, J. (2007)
Mating in the smut fungi: from a and b to the downstream cascades. In Sex in Fungi: Molecular Determination and Evolutionary Implications (Heitman, J., et al., eds.), ASM Press, Washington, D.C., pp377-387.
Teertstra, W.R., Deelstra, H.J., Vranes, M., Bohlmann, R., Kahmann, R., Kaemper, J. and Woesten, H.A. (2006)
Repellents have functionally replaced hydrophobins in mediating attachment to a hydrophobic surface and in formation of hydrophobic aerial hyphae in Ustilago maydis. Microbiology, 152, 3607-3612
Schirawski, J., Brefort, T., Molina, L., Mendoza-Mendoza, A., Mueller, O. and Kahmann, R. (2006)
Ustilago maydis: new insights into the early infection phase. In Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions (Sánchez, F, et al.,eds.) International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions., St. Paul, Vol.5, pp. 559-564.
Kaemper, J., Kahmann, et al. (2006)
Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature, 444, 97-101.
Eichhorn, H., Lessing, F., Winterberg, B., Schirawski, J., Kaemper, J., Mueller, P. and Kahmann, R. (2006)
A Ferroxidation/Permeation Iron Uptake System Is Required for Virulence in Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell, 18, 3332-3345.
Feldbruegge, M., Boelker, M., Steinberg, G., Kaemper, J. and Kahmann, R. (2006)
Regulatory and structural networks orechstrating mating, dimorphism, cell shape, and pathogenesis in Ustilago maydis. In Kues/Fischer (ed.), The Mycota I - Growth, Differentation and Sexuality. Spring-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 375-391)

2005-2000

Schirawski, J., Boehnert, H. U., Steinberg, G., Snetselaar, K., Adamikowa, L. and Kahmann, R. (2005)
Endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase II is required for pathogenicity of Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell. 17, 3532-3543.
Schirawski, J., Heinze, B., Wagenknecht, M. and Kahmann, R. (2005)
Mating type loci of Sporisorium reilianum: Novel pattern with three a and multiple b specificities. Eukaryotic Cell, 4, 1317-1327.
Leuthner, B., Aichinger, C., Oehmen, E., Koopmann, E., Mueller, O., Mueller, P., Kahmann, R., Boelker, M. and Schreier, P.H. (2005)
A H2O2-producing glyoxal oxidase is required for filamentous growth and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis. Mol Genet Genomics, 272, 639-650.
Brefort, T., Mueller, P. and Kahmann, R. (2005)
The high-mobility-group domain transcription factor Rop1 is a direct regulator of prf1 in Ustilago maydis. Eukaryot Cell, 4, 379-391.
Leuthner B., Aichinger C., Oehmen E., Kahmann R., Bölker M., Schreier P. H. (2004)
A H2O2 producing glyoxal oxidase is required for filamentous growth and pathogenicity in Ustilago mayids. Mol. Gen Genomics (published online, Dec. 2004)
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Garrido E., Voß U., Müller P., Castillo-Lluva S., Kahmann R. and Pérez-Martin J. (2004)
The induction of sexual development and virulence in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis depends on Crk1, a novel MAPK protein. Genes & Development 18, 3117-3130
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Kahmann, R. and Kämper, J. (2004)
Der Maisbeulenbrand: Ein Modell für phytopathogene Pilze. Biospektrum 6, 730-33
Kahmann R. and Kämper J. (2004)
Ustilago maydis: how its biology relates to pathogenic development. Tansley review in New Phytologist 164, 31-42
Feldbrügge M., Kämper J., Steinberg G. and Kahmann R. (2004)
Regulation of mating and pathogenic development in Ustilago maydis. Curr. Op. in Microbiology 6, 666-72
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M. Bortfeld, K. Auffarth, R. Kahmann and C.W. Basse (2004)
The Ustilago maydisa2 Mating-Type Locus Genes lga2 and rga2 Compromise Pathogenicity in the Absence of the Mitochondrial p32 Family Protein Mrb1 Plant Cell. 16(8), 2233-48
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P. Müller, A. Leibbrandt, H. Teunissen, S. Cubasch, C. Aichinger and R. Kahmann (2004)
The Gb-subunit encoding gene bpp1 controls cAMP signalling in Ustilago maydis. Eukaryotic Cell 3(3), 806-814
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F. Kaffarnik, P. Müller, M. Leibundgut, R. Kahmann and M. Feldbrügge (2003)
PKA and MAPK phosphorylation of Prf1 allows promoter discrimination in Ustilago maydis. EMBO J. 22, 5817-5826
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C. Aichinger, K. Hansson, H. Eichhorn, F. Lessing, G. Manhaupt, W. Mewes and R. Kahmann (2003)
Identification of a plant-regulated genes in Ustilago maydis by enhancer-trapping mutagenesis. Mol Gen Genomics 270, 303-314
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P. Müller, G. Weinzierl, A. Brachmann, M. Feldbrügge and R. Kahmann (2003)
Mating and pathogenic development of the smut fungus Ustilago maydis are regulated by one MAP kinase cascade. Eukaryotic Cell 2 (6), 1187-1199
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P. Müller, J. Katzenberger, G. Loubradou and R. Kahmann (2003)
The guanyl nucleotide exchange factor Sql2 and Ras2 regulate filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis. Eukaryotic Cell 2, 609-17
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A. Brachmann, J. Schirawski, P. Müller and R. Kahmann (2003)
An unusual MAP kinase is required for efficient penetration of the plant surface by Ustilago maydis EMBO J. 22, 2199-2210
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M. Reichmann, A. Jamnischek, G. Weinzierl, O. Ladendorf, S. Huber, R. Kahmann and J. Kämper (2002)
The histone deacetylase Hda1 from Ustilago maydis is essential for spore development. Mol. Microbiol. 46, 1169-1182
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C. Basse, Chr. Kerschbamer, M. Brustmann, T. Altmann, R. Kahmann (2002)
Evidence for a Ustilago maydis steroid 5alpha-reductase by functional expression in Arabidosis thaliana det2-1 mutants. Plant Physiol. 129(2), 717-32.
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A.Brachmann, G.Weinzierl, J.Kämper,R. Kahmann (2001)
Identification of genes in the bW/bE regulatory cascade in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol 42, 1047-1063
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A.Straube, W.Enard, A.Berner, R.Kahmann and G.Steinberg (2001)
A split motor domain in a cytoplasmic dynein. EMBO Journal 20 (18) , 5091-5100
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C.W.Basse, S.Kolb and R.Kahmann (2002)
A maize-specifically induced gene cluster in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 43 (1), 75-93.
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G.Loubradou, A.Brachmann, M.Feldbrügge and R.Kahmann (2001)
A homologue of the transcriptional repressor Ssn6p antagonizes cAMP signalling in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 40, 719-730
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R.Kahmann and C. Basse (2001)
Fungal gene expression during pathogenesis-related development and host plant colonization. Curr. Op. Microbiol., 4:974-380
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C. Quadbeck-Seeger, G. Wanner, S. Huber, R. Kahmann and J. Kämper (2000)
A protein with similarity to the human retinoblastoma binding protein2 acts specifically as a repressor for genes regulated by the b mating type locus in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 38, 154-66.
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T. Romeis, A. Brachmann, R. Kahmann and J. Kämper (2000)
Identification of a target gene for the bE-bW homeodomain protein complex in U.maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 37, 54-66
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J. Krüger, G. Loubradou, G. Wanner, E. Regenfelder and R. Kahmann (2000)
Activation of the cAMP pathway in Ustilago maydis reduces fungal proliferation and teliospore formation in plant tumors. MPMI 13, 1034-1040
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R. Wedlich-Söldner, M. Bölker, R. Kahmann and G. Steinberg (2000)
A putative endosomal t-SNARE links exo- and endocytosis in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. EMBO J. 19, 1974-1986
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R. Kahmann, G. Steinberg, C. Basse, M. Feldbrügge and J. Kämper (2000)
Ustilago maydis, the causative agent of corn smut disease. In Fungal Pathology (J.W. Kronstad, ed.) Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, pp.347-371
C.W. Basse, S. Stumpferl and R. Kahmann (2000)
Characterization of a Ustilago maydis gene specifically induced during the biotrophic phase: evidence for negative as well as positive regulation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 329-339
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C. Basse, P. Müller, J Krüger, C. Aichinger, K. Hansson, A. Brachmann, J. Katzenberger, G. Loubradou, A. Leibbrandt, J. Torreblanca, M. Feldbrügge and R. Kahmann (2000)
Communication between Ustilago maydis and its host plant maize. In IC-MPMI Congress Proceedings: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions Vol.2 (J.G.M. de Wit, T.Bisseling, W.J. Stiekema, eds.) p.384-389