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In this work, the role of UvSUN1 in different aspects of the\n                    <jats:italic>U. virens<\/jats:italic>\n                    biology was studied by phenotypic analysis of\n                    <jats:italic>Uvsun1<\/jats:italic>\n                    knockout strains. We identified that UvSUN1 was expressed during both conidial germination and the infection of rice. Disruption of the\n                    <jats:italic>Uvsun1<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene affected the hyphal growth, conidiation, morphology of hyphae and conidia, adhesion and virulence. We also found that UvSUN1 is involved in the production of toxic compounds, which are able to inhibit elongation of the germinated seeds. Moreover, RNA-seq data showed that knockout of\n                    <jats:italic>Uvsun1<\/jats:italic>\n                    resulted in misregulation of a subset of genes involved in signal recognition and transduction system, glycometabolism, cell wall integrity, and secondary metabolism. Collectively, this study reveals that\n                    <jats:italic>Uvsun1<\/jats:italic>\n                    is required for growth, cell wall integrity and pathogenicity of\n                    <jats:italic>U. virens<\/jats:italic>\n                    , thereby providing new insights into the function of SUN family proteins in the growth and pathogenesis of this pathogen.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2021.739453","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,13]],"date-time":"2021-09-13T01:50:17Z","timestamp":1631497817000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["SUN-Family Protein UvSUN1 Regulates the Development and Virulence of Ustilaginoidea virens"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Mina","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Junjie","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huijuan","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tianqiao","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiayan","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhongqiang","family":"Qi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rongsheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shiwen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wende","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongfeng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1693","DOI":"10.1104\/pp.107.102574","article-title":"Structural organization and a standardized nomenclature for plant endo-1,4\u2013glucanases (cellulases) of glycosyl hydrolase family 9.","volume":"144","author":"Breeanna","year":"2007","journal-title":"Plant Physiol."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s42483-021-00083-0","article-title":"The cyclase-associated protein uvcap1 is required for mycelial growth and pathogenicity in the rice false smut fungus.","volume":"3","author":"Cao","year":"2021","journal-title":"Phytopathol. 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