Rice blast fungus proteomics

摘要

The rice blast fungus genome has been sequenced. Now the major task is to monitor the global changes in its proteome for dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying rice-blast interaction, fungal development (conidial germination, appressorium morphogenesis and formation of penetration peg), pathogenesis. Proteome analysis of rice blast fungus can be instrumental in elucidating these mechanisms at protein level. This article summarises proteomics studies conducted on rice blast fungus and its interaction with rice.