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Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0002-6652-5032Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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A fungal effector targets the chloroplast to support biotrophy by balancing disease and plant health

Djihane Damoo, Matthias Kretschmer, Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar, Sherry Sun, Madeline Iseminger, Leon Pierdzig, Volker Lipka, Kerstin Schmitt, Oliver Valerius, Jennifer Geddes‐McAlister, Gerhard H. Braus, Xin Li, Kai Heimel, James W. Kronstad

This paper identifies a fungal effector, UmPce3, that targets the chloroplast DEAD-box RNA helicase RH3 to manipulate chloroplast function, enhancing fungal pathogenesis while balancing plant stress responses.

bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology