Project Details
Projekt
The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts (A03)
Subject Area
Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
Term
since 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 491090170
Within this project, we examine the role of transposable elements (TEs) in shaping the genomic organization and effector repertoire of Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. As a result of adaptation to the host environment, this obligate parasitic fungus shows a high intra-species diversity at the genome organization as well as effector sequence levels. This project will address the questions: i) is there diversity and which selection occurs at candidate effector genes that derive from TE sequences? and ii) what is the contribution of TEs to the evolution and regulation of TE-neighbouring housekeeping and effector genes?
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Applicant Institution
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Project Heads
Professor Dr. Ralph Hückelhoven; Professor Dr. Aurélien Tellier
