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Abstract

In plant-pathogenic fungi, the 1 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway plays an essential role in regulating the development of penetration structures and the sensing of host-derived cues, but its role in other pathosystems such as fungal–fungal interactions is less clear. We report the use of a gene disruption strategy to investigate the 1-like MAPK, 1 in the development of (formerly ) infection on the cultivated mushroom . 1 was isolated using a degenerate PCR-based approach and was shown to be present in a single copy by Southern blot analysis. Quantitative RT-PCR showed the transcript to be fivefold upregulated in cap lesions compared with pure culture. -mediated targeted disruption was used to delete a central portion of the 1 gene. The resulting mutants showed normal symptom development as assessed by mushroom cap assays, sporulation patterns were normal and there were no apparent changes in overall growth rates. Our results indicate that, unlike the situation in fungal–plant pathogens, the 1-like MAPK pathway is not required for virulence in the fungal–fungal interaction between the pathogen and host. This observation may be of wider significance in other fungal–fungal and/or fungal–invertebrate interactions.

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