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ArticleThe New phytologist2016

Compartmentalized gene regulatory network of the pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum.

Li Guo, Guoyi Zhao, Jin-Rong Xu, H Corby Kistler, Lixin Gao, Li-Jun Ma

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Article in The New phytologist, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Li GuoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Guoyi ZhaoDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Jin-Rong XuDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
H Corby KistlerUSDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
Lixin GaoDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Li-Jun MaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · USPurdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head blight caused by Fusarium graminearum threatens world-wide wheat production, resulting in both yield loss and mycotoxin contamination. We reconstructed the global F. graminearum gene regulatory network (GRN) from a large collection of transcriptomic data using Bayesian network inference, a machine-learning algorithm. This GRN reveals connectivity between key regulators and their target genes. Focusing on key regulators, this network contains eight distinct but interwoven modules. Enriched for unique functions, such as cell cycle, DNA replication, transcription, translation and stress responses, each module exhibits distinct expression profiles. Evolutionarily, the F. graminearum genome can be divided into core regions shared with closely related species and variable regions harboring genes that are unique to F. graminearum and perform species-specific functions. Interestingly, the inferred top regulators regulate genes that are significantly enriched from the same genomic regions (P < 0.05), revealing a compartmentalized network structure that may reflect network rewiring related to specific adaptation of this plant pathogen. This first-ever reconstructed filamentous fungal GRN primes our understanding of pathogenicity at the systems biology level and provides enticing prospects for novel disease control strategies involving the targeting of master regulators in pathogens. The program can be used to construct GRNs of other plant pathogens.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksBase SequenceFusariumGenes, PlantProtein Interaction MapsReproducibility of ResultsSpecies SpecificityTranscription FactorsVirulenceTranscription FactorsBayesian network inferencecell circuitsFusarium graminearummodularitynetwork rewire and fungal pathogenesis

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PMID26990214
PMCPMC5069591
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