Dr. Hans D. VanEtten
Division of Plant
Pathology and Microbiology

Professor

204 Forbes Building, Room 204
Phone: (520)621-9355
Email: vanetten@ag.arizona.edu
 

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Background and Interests
 
Hans VanEtten received a Ph.D. and MS in Plant Pathology from Cornell University. He also has a BA in Botany from Wabash College. Here at the University of Arizona he teaches Principles of Plant Microbiology (PLPM 550) and runs the Plant Pathology and Microbiology Seminar (PLPM 596A). His research interests include; molecular and genetic basis of plant pathogenesis and commensalism by fungi; horizontal gene transfer; and synthesis of plant antibiotics. (To see a list of selected publications, please see below)

 
Publications
 

Han, Y., Liu X., Benny, U. Kistler, H C., and VanEtten, H. 2001. Genes determining pathogenicity to pea are clustered on a supernumerary chromosome in the fungal plant pathogen, Nectria haematococca. Plant Jo 25: 305-314.

Sandrock, R.W., and VanEtten, H.D. 2001. The relevance of tomatinase activity in pathogens of tomato: Disruption of the b2-tomatinase gene in Colletotrichum coccodes and Septoria lycopersici and heterologous expression of the Septoria lycopersici b2-tomatinase in Nectria haematococca, a pathogen of tomato fruit. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 58: 159-171.

George, H.L. and VanEtten, H.D. 2001 Characterization of pisatin-inducible cytochrome P450s in fungal pathogens of pea that detoxify the pea phytoalexin pisatin. Fungal Gene. Biol.
Biology 33: 37-48.

Funnell DL, and VanEtten, HD. 2002. Pisatin demethylase genes are on dispensable chromosomes while genes for pathogenicity on carrot and ripe tomato are on other chromosomes in Nectria haematococca. Mol Plant -Microbe Interact 15: 840-846

Temporini E.D., and VanEtten, H.D. 2002. Distribution of the pea pathogenicity (PEP) genes in the fungus Nectria haematococca mating population VI. Curr Genet. 41: 107-114.

Funnell, D.L, Matthews, P.S. and VanEtten, H.D. 2002. Identification of new pisatin demethylase genes (PDA5 and PDA7) in Nectria haematococca and non-Mendelian segregation of pisatin demethylating ability and virulence on pea due to loss of chromosomal elements. Fungal Gene. Biol. 37: 121-133.

Liu, X.G., Inlow, M., and VanEtten, H.D. 2003. Expression profiles of pea pathogenicity (PEP) genes in vivo and in vitro, characterization of the flanking regions of the PEP cluster and evidence that the PEP cluster region resulted from horizontal gene transfer in the fungal pathogen Nectria haematococca. Curr. Genet. 44: 95-103.

 



 

       
 
 


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