Copper acquisition is essential for plant colonization and virulence in a root-infecting vascular wilt fungus
Rafael Palos-Fernández, María Victoria Aguilar Pontes, Gema Puebla-Planas, Harald Berger, Lena Studt, Joseph Strauss, Antonio Di Pietro, Manuel S. López‐Berges
This study identifies copper acquisition via Mac1 as essential for virulence in Fusarium oxysporum, showing that copper transporters and reductases can compensate for Mac1 loss.
PLoS Pathogens · Nov 4, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics