Evan J. John, Minh-Quang Chau, Cuong V Hoang, Neelima Chandrasekharan, Chibbhi Bhaskar, Lay-Sun Ma*  (2023) Fungal cell-wall associated effectors: Sensing, integration, suppression, and protection. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-23-0142-FI. 

Yu-Han Lin#, Meng-Yun Xu#, Chuan-Chih Hsu#, Florensia Ariani Damei, Hui-Chun Lee, Wei-Lun Tsai, Cuong V. Hoang, Yin-Ru Chiang, and Lay-Sun Ma* (2023). Ustilago maydis PR-1-like protein has evolved two distinct domains for dual virulence activities. Nat Commun 14, 5755. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41459-4.

Lay-Sun Ma*, Wei-Lun Tsai, Florensia Ariani Damei, Raviraj M Kalunke, Meng-Yun Xu, Yu-Han Lin, Hui-Chun Lee (2023) Maize Antifungal Protein AFP1 Elevates Fungal Chitin Levels by Targeting Chitin Deacetylases and Other Glycoproteins. mBIO. Mar 22; e0009323. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00093-23.

Cuong V. Hoang, Chibbhi K. Bhaskar and Lay-Sun Ma* (2021) A Novel Core Effector Vp1 Promotes Fungal Colonization and Virulence of Ustilago maydis. J. Fungi 2021, 7(8), 589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7080589

Nicole Ludwig, Stefanie Reissmann, Kerstin Schipper Carla Gonzalez, Daniela Assmann, Timo Glatter, Marino Moretti, Lay-Sun Ma, Karl-Heinz Rexer, Karen Snetselaar and Regine Kahmann* (2021) A cell surface-exposed protein complex with an essential virulence function in Ustilago maydis. Nat. Microbiol. 6: 722–730 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00896-x

Manda Yu, Yi-Chieh Wang, Ching-Jou Huang, Lay-Sun Ma, Erh-Min Lai* (2021) Agrobacterium tumefaciens Deploys a Versatile Antibacterial Strategy To Increase Its Competitiveness. J. Bacteriol. 203 (3):e00490-20 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00490-20

Lay-Sun Ma, Lei Wang, Christine Trippel, Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza, Steffen Ullmann, Marino Moretti, Alexander Carsten, Jörg Kahnt, Stefanie Reissmann, Bernd Zechmann, Gert Bange, and Regine Kahmann* (2018) The Ustilago maydis repetitive effector Rsp3 blocks the antifungal activity of mannose-binding maize proteins. Nat. Commun. 9(1): 1711. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04149-0 

Lay-Sun Ma#, Clément Pellegrin#, and Regine Kahmann* (2018) Repeat-containing effectors of filamentous pathogens and symbionts. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.007 (#equally contributed)

Daniel Lanver, Marie Tollot, Gabriel Schweizer, Libera Lo Presti, Stefanie Reissmann, Lay-Sun Ma, Mariana Schuster, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Liang Liang, Nicole Ludwig, and Regine Kahmann* (2017) Ustilago maydis effectors and their impact on virulence. Nature Rev. Microbiol. doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.33

Devanand Bondage, Jer-Sheng Lin, Lay-Sun Ma, Chih-Horng Kuo, and Erh-Min Lai* (2016) VgrG C-terminus confers the type VI effector transport specificity and is required for binding with PAAR and adaptor-effector complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113(27): E3931-40.

Lay-Sun Ma, Abderrahman Hachani, Jer-Sheng Lin, Alain Filloux, and Erh-Min Lai* (2014) Agrobacterium tumefaciens deploys a superfamily of type VI secretion DNase effectors as weapons for interbacterial competition in planta. Cell Host Microbe 16(1): 94–104.

Jer-Sheng Lin, Hsin-Hui Wu, Pang-Hung Hsu, Lay-Sun Ma, Yin-Yuin Pang, Ming-Daw Tsai, and Erh-Min Lai* (2014) Fha interaction with phosphothreonine of TssL activates type VI secretion in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. PLoS Pathogen.10 (3): e1003991

Jer-Sheng Lin, Lay-Sun Ma, and Erh-Min Lai* (2013) Systematic dissection of the Agrobacterium type VI secretion system reveals machinery and secreted components for subcomplex formation. PLoS One. 8(7): e67647.

Lay-Sun Ma, Franz Narberhaus, and Erh-Min Lai* (2012) IcmF family protein TssM exhibits ATPase activity and energizes type VI secretion. J. Biol Chem. 287(19):15610-15621.

Lay-Sun Ma, Jer-Sheng Lin, and Erh-Min Lai* (2009) An IcmF family protein, ImpLM, is an integral inner membrane protein interacting with ImpKL, and its walker A motif is required for Type VI secretion system-mediated Hcp secretion in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J. Bacteriol. 191, 4316-4329.