ARTICLES & PREPRINTS

16. Wang M., Yang K., Li Y., Hou Y., Oh T., Tang B., Feng L., Zhang X., Bozkurt T.O., Feng X., Ma W. 2026. A specialized ARGONAUTE enables trans-species RNA interference in plant immunity. bioRxiv.

15. Feng L., Hou Y., Toghani A., Wang Z., Tang B., Atkinson N., Li H., Ma W. 2025. A conserved small RNA-generating gene cluster undergoes sequence diversification and contributes to plant immunity. bioRxiv.

14. Lüdke D., Sakai T., Kourelis J., Toghani A., Adachi H., Posbeyikian A., Frijters R., Pai H., Harant A., Lopez-Agudelo J.C., Tang B., Ernst K., Ganal M., Verhage A., Wu C.-H., Kamoun S. 2025. A root-specific NLR network mediates immune signaling of resistance genes against plant parasitic nematodes. The Plant Cell.

13. Cruz-Mireles N., Osés-Ruiz M., Derbyshire P., Jégousse C., Ryder L.S., Bautista M.J.A., Eseola A., Sklenar J., Tang B., Yan X., Ma W., Findlay K.C., Were V., MacLean D., Talbot N.J., Menke F.L.H. 2024. The phosphorylation landscape of infection-related development by the rice blast fungus. Cell.

12. Li H., Wang J., Kuan T.A., Tang B., Feng L., Wang J., Cheng Z., Skłenar J., Derbyshire P., Hulin M., Li Y., Zhai Y., Hou Y., Menke F.L.H., Wang Y., Ma W. 2023. Pathogen protein modularity enables elaborate mimicry of a host phosphatase. Cell.

11. Tang B., Feng L., Hulin M., Ding P., Ma W. 2023. Cell type-specific responses to fungal infection in plants revealed by single-cell transcriptomics. Cell Host & Microbe.

10. Tang B., Yan X., Ryder L., Soanes D., et al., Talbot N. 2023. Rgs1 is a regulator of effector gene expression during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PNAS.

9. Yan X., Tang B., Ryder L., Soanes D., et al., Talbot N. 2023. The transcriptional landscape of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae reveals distinct families of temporally co-regulated and structurally conserved effectors. The Plant Cell.

8. Tang B., Liu C., Li Z., Zhang X., Zhou S., Wang G.L., Chen X.L., Liu W. 2021. Multilayer regulatory landscape during pattern-triggered immunity in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal.

7. Tang B.#, Zhang Z.#, Zhao X., Xu Y., Wang L., Wang W. 2021. Multi-omics analysis reveals a regulatory network of ZmCCT during maize resistance to Gibberella stalk rot at the early stage. Frontiers in Plant Science.

6. Ren Z.#, Tang B.#, Xing J., Liu C., Cai X., Hendy A., Kamran M., Liu H., Zheng L., Huang J., Chen X.L. 2022. MTA1-mediated RNA m6A modification regulates autophagy and is required for infection of the rice blast fungus. New Phytologist.

5. Cai X.#, Tang B.#, Hendy A., Ren Z., Liu C., Kamran M., Xing J., Zheng L., Liu H., Huang J., Chen X.L. 2020. The Magnaporthe oryzae MAP kinase Pmk1 regulates polycomb repressive complex 2 to reprogram gene expression for biotrophic growth. bioRxiv.

4. Osés-Ruiz M., Cruz-Mireles N., Martin-Urdiroz M., Soanes D.M., Eseola A.B., Tang B., Derbyshire P., Nielsen M., Cheema J., Were V., Eisermann I., Talbot N. 2020. Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network. Nature Microbiology.

3. He M., Su J., Xu Y., Chen J., Chern M., Lei M., Qi T., Wang Z., Ryder L.S., Tang B., Talbot N., Chen X.W. 2020. Discovery of broad-spectrum fungicides that block septin-dependent infection processes of pathogenic fungi. Nature Microbiology.

2. Zhao X., Tang B., Xu J., Wang N., Zhou Z., Zhang J. 2019. A SET domain-containing protein involved in cell wall integrity signaling and peroxisome biogenesis is essential for appressorium formation and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Fungal Genetics and Biology.

1. Chen X.L., Liu C., Tang B., Ren Z., Wang G.L., Liu W. 2019. Quantitative proteomics analysis reveals important roles of N-glycosylation on ER quality control system for development and pathogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathogens.

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