Education
Ph.D. in Phytopathology, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2013
Current position
Guest researcher, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Publications
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Zhang, L., Kars, I., Essenstam, B., Liebrand, T. W. H., Elberse, J., Wagemakers, L., Tagkalaki, P., Tioitang, D., van den Ackerveken, G. and van Kan, J. A. L. (2014). Fungal endo-polygalacturonases are recognized as MAMPs in Arabidopsis by the Receptor-Like Protein RBPG1. Plant Physiol 164: 352-364.
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Zhang, L., Hua, C., Stassen, J. H., Chatterjee, S., Cornelissen, M. and van Kan, J. A. (2014). Genome-wide analysis of pectate-induced gene expression in Botrytis cinerea: identification and functional analysis of putative d-galacturonate transporters. Fungal Genet Biol 72: 182-191.
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Nafisi, M., Stranne, M., Zhang, L., van Kan, J. A. and Sakuragi, Y. (2014). The endo-arabinanase BcAra1 is a novel host-specific virulence factor of the necrotic fungal phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 27(8): 781-792.
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Zhang, L. and van Kan, J. A. (2013). Botrytis cinerea mutants deficient in D-galacturonic acid catabolism have a perturbed virulence on Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis, but not on tomato. Mol Plant Pathol 14(1): 19-29.
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Zhang, L., and van Kan, J.A.L. (2013) Pectin as a barrier and nutrient source for fungal plant pathogens. In: Kempken, F. (ed). The Mycota XI (2nd Edition), Agricultural Applications. Springer-Verlag: 361-375.
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Zhang, L., Thiewes, H. and van Kan, J. A. (2011). The D-galacturonic acid catabolic pathway in Botrytis cinerea. Fungal Genet Biol 48(10): 990-997.
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Zhang, L., Lv, R., Dou, X., Qi, Z., Hua, C., Zhang, H., Wang, Z., Zheng, X. and Zhang, Z. (2011). The function of MoGlk1 in integration of glucose and ammonium utilization in Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS One 6(7): e22809.
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Gan, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Dong, S., Li, J., Wang, Y. and Zheng, X. (2009). The LCB2 subunit of the sphingolip biosynthesis enzyme serine palmitoyltransferase can function as an attenuator of the hypersensitive response and Bax-induced cell death. New Phytol 181(1): 127-146.