title: The Role of Virulence Factors in the Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum sp.
abstract: The Colletotrichum genus has been considered as one of the top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology based on their scientific and agrobiological importance. Although the genus contains species with different lifestyles, most of the Colletotrichum sp. are known by their hemibiotrophic strategy of infection/invasion causing anthracnose disease in many economically important crops. Hemibiotrophy includes two sequential stages of infection, biotrophy and necrotrophy, in a series of steps that involve the participation of different virulence factors. In this review, we present the current status of the knowledge of such factors reported in this genus and a list of related genes identified in Colletotrichum sp. genomes.
authors.affiliation: Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotechnología, FMVZ, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich. Mexico.
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Villa-Rivera
authors.affiliation: Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotechnología, FMVZ, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich. Mexico.
authors.forename: Ulises
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Conejo-Saucedo
authors.affiliation: Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotechnología, FMVZ, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich. Mexico.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lara-Marquez
authors.affiliation: Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotechnología, FMVZ, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich. Mexico.
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cano-Camacho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto. Mexico.
authors.forename: Everardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopez-Romero
authors.affiliation: Department of Centro Multidisciplinario de Estudios en Biotecnología, FMVZ, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán. Mexico.
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Zavala-Paramo
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D020231:Colletotrichum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D059828:Plant Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D037521:Virulence Factors
keywords: Biotrophy; Colletotrichum sp; hemibiotrophy; infection/invasion; necrotrophy; virulence factors