Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PMMI. 2010; 23: 1053–1068. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-8-1053
PMID: 20615116

53. Sarkar A, Roy-Barman S. Spray-Induced Silencing of Pathogenicity Gene MoDES1 via Exogenous Double-Stranded RNA Can Confer Partial Resistance Against Fungal Blast in Rice. Front Plant Sci. 2021; 12: 733129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.733129 PMID: 34899771

54. Mehrabi R, Ding S, Xu J-R. MADS-Box Transcription Factor Mig1 Is Required for Infectious Growth in Magnaporthe grisea. Eukaryot Cell. 2008; 7: 791–799. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00009-08 PMID: 18344407

55. Li Y, Wang G, Xu J-R, Jiang C. Penetration Peg Formation and Invasive Hyphae Development Require Stage-Specific Activation of MoGTI1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. PMMI. 2016; 29: 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-15-0142-R PMID: 26441323

56. Wong KH, Hynes MJ, Todd RB, Davis MA. Transcriptional control of nmrA by the bZIP transcription factor MeaB reveals a new level of nitrogen regulation in Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Microbiology. 2007; 66: 534–551. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05940.x PMID: 17854403

57. Misslinger M, Hortschansky P, Brakhage AA, Haas H. Fungal iron homeostasis with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2021; 1868: 118885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118885 PMID: 33045305

58. Wang Y, Liu W, Hou Z, Wang C, Zhou X, Jonkers W, et al. A novel transcriptional factor important for pathogenesis and ascosporogenesis in Fusarium graminearum. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011; 24: 118–128. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-10-0129 PMID: 20795857

59. Leiter É, Emri T, Pákozdi K, Hornok L, Pócsi I. The impact of bZIP Atf1 ortholog global regulators in fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021; 105: 5769–5783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11431-7 PMID: 34302199

60. Tian C, Li J, Glass NL. Exploring the bZIP transcription factor regulatory network in Neurospora crassa. Microbiology. 2011; 157: 747–759. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.045468-0

61. Marzluf GA. Molecular Genetics of Sulfur Assimilation in Filamentous Fungi and Yeast. Annual Review of Microbiology. 1997; 51: 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.73 PMID: 9343344

62. Natorff R, Sieńko M, Brzywczy J, Paszewski A. The Aspergillus nidulans metR gene encodes a bZIP protein which activates transcription of sulphur metabolism genes. Molecular Microbiology. 2003; 49: 1081–1094. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03617.x PMID: 12890030

63. Saint-Macary ME, Barbisan C, Gagey MJ, Frelin O, Beffa R, Lebrun MH, et al. Methionine Biosynthesis is Essential for Infection in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Lespinet O, editor. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10: e0111108. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111108 PMID: 25856162

64. Skamnioti P, Gurr SJ. Magnaporthe grisea Cutinase2 Mediates Appressorium Differentiation and Host Penetration and Is Required for Full Virulence. The Plant Cell. 2007; 19: 2674–2689. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.107.051219 PMID: 17704215

65. Collemare J, O'Connell R, Lebrun M-H. Non-proteinaceous effectors: the terra incognita of plant-fungal interactions. New Phytol. 2019; 223: 590–596. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15785 PMID: 30851201

66. Song Z, Bakeer W, Marshall JW, Yakasai AA, Khalid RM, Collemare J, et al. Heterologous expression of the avirulence gene ACE1 from the fungal rice pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Chem Sci. 2015; 6: 4837–4845. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC03707C PMID: 29142718

67. Ballini E, Berruyer R, Morel J, Lebrun M, Nottéghem J, Tharreau D. Modern elite rice varieties of the 'Green Revolution' have retained a large introgression from wild rice around the *Pi33* rice blast resistance locus. New Phytologist. 2007; 175: 340–350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02105.x PMID: 17587382

68. Kulkarni RD, Thon MR, Pan H, Dean RA. Novel G-protein-coupled receptor-like proteins in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Genome Biol. 2005; 6: R24. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-3-r24 PMID: 15774025

69. DeZwaan TM, Carroll AM, Valent B, Sweigard JA. Magnaporthe grisea pth11p is a novel plasma membrane protein that mediates appressorium differentiation in response to inductive substrate cues. Plant Cell. 1999; 11: 2013–2030. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.11.10.2013 PMID: 10521529

70. Silué D, Tharreau D, Talbot NJ, Clergeot P-H, Notteghem J-L, Lebrun M-H. Identification and characterization of apf1-in a non-pathogenic mutant of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea which is unable to differentiate appressoria. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 1998; 53: 239–251. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmpp.1998.0180

71. Shi Z. Enhanced Transformation in Magnaporthe grisea by Restriction Enzyme Mediated Integration of Plasmid DNA. Phytopathology. 1995; 85: 329. https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-85-329
Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PMMI. 2010; 23: 1053–1068. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-8-1053
PMID: 20615116

53. Sarkar A, Roy-Barman S. Spray-Induced Silencing of Pathogenicity Gene MoDES1 via Exogenous Double-Stranded RNA Can Confer Partial Resistance Against Fungal Blast in Rice. Front Plant Sci. 2021; 12: 733129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.733129 PMID: 34899771

54. Mehrabi R, Ding S, Xu J-R. MADS-Box Transcription Factor Mig1 Is Required for Infectious Growth in Magnaporthe grisea. Eukaryot Cell. 2008; 7: 791–799. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00009-08 PMID: 18344407

55. Li Y, Wang G, Xu J-R, Jiang C. Penetration Peg Formation and Invasive Hyphae Development Require Stage-Specific Activation of MoGTI1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. PMMI. 2016; 29: 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-15-0142-R PMID: 26441323

56. Wong KH, Hynes MJ, Todd RB, Davis MA. Transcriptional control of nmrA by the bZIP transcription factor MeaB reveals a new level of nitrogen regulation in Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Microbiology. 2007; 66: 534–551. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05940.x PMID: 17854403

57. Misslinger M, Hortschansky P, Brakhage AA, Haas H. Fungal iron homeostasis with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2021; 1868: 118885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118885 PMID: 33045305

58. Wang Y, Liu W, Hou Z, Wang C, Zhou X, Jonkers W, et al. A novel transcriptional factor important for pathogenesis and ascosporogenesis in Fusarium graminearum. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011; 24: 118–128. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-10-0129 PMID: 20795857

59. Leiter É, Emri T, Pákozdi K, Hornok L, Pócsi I. The impact of bZIP Atf1 ortholog global regulators in fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021; 105: 5769–5783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11431-7 PMID: 34302199

60. Tian C, Li J, Glass NL. Exploring the bZIP transcription factor regulatory network in Neurospora crassa. Microbiology. 2011; 157: 747–759. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.045468-0

61. Marzluf GA. Molecular Genetics of Sulfur Assimilation in Filamentous Fungi and Yeast. Annual Review of Microbiology. 1997; 51: 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.73 PMID: 9343344

62. Natorff R, Sieńko M, Brzywczy J, Paszewski A. The Aspergillus nidulans metR gene encodes a bZIP protein which activates transcription of sulphur metabolism genes. Molecular Microbiology. 2003; 49: 1081–1094. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03617.x PMID: 12890030

63. Saint-Macary ME, Barbisan C, Gagey MJ, Frelin O, Beffa R, Lebrun MH, et al. Methionine Biosynthesis is Essential for Infection in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Lespinet O, editor. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10: e0111108. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111108 PMID: 25856162

64. Skamnioti P, Gurr SJ. Magnaporthe grisea Cutinase2 Mediates Appressorium Differentiation and Host Penetration and Is Required for Full Virulence. The Plant Cell. 2007; 19: 2674–2689. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.107.051219 PMID: 17704215

65. Collemare J, O'Connell R, Lebrun M-H. Non-proteinaceous effectors: the terra incognita of plant-fungal interactions. New Phytol. 2019; 223: 590–596. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15785 PMID: 30851201

66. Song Z, Bakeer W, Marshall JW, Yakasai AA, Khalid RM, Collemare J, et al. Heterologous expression of the avirulence gene ACE1 from the fungal rice pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Chem Sci. 2015; 6: 4837–4845. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC03707C PMID: 29142718

67. Ballini E, Berruyer R, Morel J, Lebrun M, Nottéghem J, Tharreau D. Modern elite rice varieties of the 'Green Revolution' have retained a large introgression from wild rice around the *Pi33* rice blast resistance locus. New Phytologist. 2007; 175: 340–350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02105.x PMID: 17587382

68. Kulkarni RD, Thon MR, Pan H, Dean RA. Novel G-protein-coupled receptor-like proteins in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Genome Biol. 2005; 6: R24. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2005-6-3-r24 PMID: 15774025

69. DeZwaan TM, Carroll AM, Valent B, Sweigard JA. Magnaporthe grisea pth11p is a novel plasma membrane protein that mediates appressorium differentiation in response to inductive substrate cues. Plant Cell. 1999; 11: 2013–2030. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.11.10.2013 PMID: 10521529

70. Silué D, Tharreau D, Talbot NJ, Clergeot P-H, Notteghem J-L, Lebrun M-H. Identification and characterization of apf1-in a non-pathogenic mutant of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea which is unable to differentiate appressoria. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 1998; 53: 239–251. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmpp.1998.0180

71. Shi Z. Enhanced Transformation in Magnaporthe grisea by Restriction Enzyme Mediated Integration of Plasmid DNA. Phytopathology. 1995; 85: 329. https://doi.org/10.1094/Phyto-85-329
72. Punt PJ, Oliver RP, Dingemanse MA, Pouwels PH, van den Hondel CA. Transformation of *Aspergillus* based on the hygromycin B resistance marker from *Escherichia coli*. Gene. 1987; 56: 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(87)90164-8 PMID: 2824287

73. Greenberg ME. Preparation and analysis of RNA. Current protocols in molecular biology, edited by Ausubel M., Brent R., Kingston R.E., Moore D.D., Seidman J.G., Smith J.A., and Struhl K. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 1994;1: pp 4.0.1-4.10.9. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080010210

74. Sambrook J, Fritsch E, Maniatis T. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. 2nd ed. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 1989.

75. Timberlake WE. Cloning and Analysis of Fungal Genes. Elsevier; 1991. pp. 51-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-088642-5.50010-7

76. Dioh W, Tharreau D, Notteghem JL, Orbach M, Lebrun MH. Mapping of avirulence genes in the rice blast fungus, *Magnaporthe grisea*, with RFLP and RAPD markers. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2000; 13: 217-227. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.2.217 PMID: 10659712

77. Sweigard J, Chumley F, Carroll A, Farrall L, Valent B. A series of vectors for fungal transformation. Fun-gal Genetics Reports. 1997; 44: 52-53. https://doi.org/10.4148/1941-4765.1287

78. Scherer M, Heimel K, Starke V, Kämper J. The Clp1 Protein Is Required for Clamp Formation and Pathogenic Development of *Ustilago maydis*. The Plant Cell. 2006; 18: 2388-2401. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.106.043521 PMID: 16920779

79. Pavesi G, Mereghetti P, Mauri G, Pesole G. Weeder Web: discovery of transcription factor binding sites in a set of sequences from co-regulated genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 2004; 32: W199-W203. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh465 PMID: 15215380

80. Frith MC, Fu Y, Yu L, Chen J, Hansen U, Weng Z. Detection of functional DNA motifs via statistical over-representation. Nucleic Acids Research. 2004; 32: 1372-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh299 PMID: 14988425

81. Livak KJ, Schmittgen TD. Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2^(ΔΔC(T)) Method. Methods. 2001; 25: 402-408. https://doi.org/10.1006/meth.2001.1262 PMID: 11846609
72. Punt PJ, Oliver RP, Dingemanse MA, Pouwels PH, van den Hondel CA. Transformation of *Aspergillus* based on the hygromycin B resistance marker from *Escherichia coli*. Gene. 1987; 56: 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(87)90164-8 PMID: 2824287

73. Greenberg ME. Preparation and analysis of RNA. Current protocols in molecular biology, edited by Ausubel M., Brent R., Kingston R.E., Moore D.D., Seidman J.G., Smith J.A., and Struhl K. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 1994;1: pp 4.0.1-4.10.9. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080010210

74. Sambrook J, Fritsch E, Maniatis T. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. 2nd ed. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 1989.

75. Timberlake WE. Cloning and Analysis of Fungal Genes. Elsevier; 1991. pp. 51-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-088642-5.50010-7

76. Dioh W, Tharreau D, Notteghem JL, Orbach M, Lebrun MH. Mapping of avirulence genes in the rice blast fungus, *Magnaporthe grisea*, with RFLP and RAPD markers. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2000; 13: 217-227. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.2.217 PMID: 10659712

77. Sweigard J, Chumley F, Carroll A, Farrall L, Valent B. A series of vectors for fungal transformation. Fun-gal Genetics Reports. 1997; 44: 52-53. https://doi.org/10.4148/1941-4765.1287

78. Scherer M, Heimel K, Starke V, Kämper J. The Clp1 Protein Is Required for Clamp Formation and Pathogenic Development of *Ustilago maydis*. The Plant Cell. 2006; 18: 2388-2401. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.106.043521 PMID: 16920779

79. Pavesi G, Mereghetti P, Mauri G, Pesole G. Weeder Web: discovery of transcription factor binding sites in a set of sequences from co-regulated genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 2004; 32: W199-W203. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh465 PMID: 15215380

80. Frith MC, Fu Y, Yu L, Chen J, Hansen U, Weng Z. Detection of functional DNA motifs via statistical over-representation. Nucleic Acids Research. 2004; 32: 1372-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh299 PMID: 14988425

81. Livak KJ, Schmittgen TD. Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2^(ΔΔC(T)) Method. Methods. 2001; 25: 402-408. https://doi.org/10.1006/meth.2001.1262 PMID: 11846609