Miles Armstrong

University of Dundee Division of Plant Sciences

Cell and Molecular Sciences

Molecular Geneticist

miles.armstrong@hutton.ac.uk

+44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

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Current research interests

Identification and cloning avirulence determinants from Phytophthora infestans.
Investigation of the molecular basis of pathogenicity in P. infestans by finding the plant protein targets of effector proteins.

Past research

Construction of genetic linkage map in Vicia faba.
Finding RAPD markers associated with GRV resistance.
Using mtDNA in population genetic studies of potato cyst nematodes.
Assessing the plant transcriptional response to nematode infection using SSH.

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Bibliography

Recent

Varypatakis, K.; Véronneau, P-Y.; Thorpe, P.J.; Cock, P.J.A.; Tze-Yin Lim, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Janakowski, S.; Sobczak, M.; Hein, I.; Mimee, B.; Jones, J.T.; Blok, V.C. (2020) The genomic impact of selection for virulence against resistance in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genes, 11, Article No. 1429.
Zheng, J.Y.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Duan, Y.F.; Xu, J.F.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Jin, L.P.; li, G.C. (2020) New findings on the resistance mechanism of an elite diploid wild potato species JAM1-4 in response to a super race strain of Phytophthora infestans., Phytopathology, 110, 1375-1387.
Lin, X.; Armstrong, I.; Baker, K.; Wouters, D.; Visser, R.G.F.; Wolters, P.J.; Hein, I.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. (2020) RLP/K enrichment sequencing; a novel method to identify receptor-like protein (RLP) and receptor-like kinase (RLK)genes., New Phytologist, 227, 1264-1276.
Duan, Y.F.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Xu, J.F.; Zheng, J.Y. Hu, J.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Li, G.C.; Jin, L.P. (2020) Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals compatible and incompatible patterns of potato toward phytophthora infestans., G3- Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 623-634.
Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
Ren, Y.J.; Armstrong, M.; Qi, Y.; McLellan, H.; Zhong, C.; Du, B.W.; Birch, P.R.J.; Tian, Z.D. (2019) Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors target parallel steps in an immune signal transduction pathway., Plant Physiology, 180, 2227-2239.
Strachan, S.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kaur, A.; Wright, K.M.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jones, J.; Bryan, G.; Blok, V.; Hein, I. (2019) Mapping the H2 resistance effective against Globodera pallida pathotype Pa1 in tetraploid potato., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132, 1283-1294.
He, Q.; McLellan, H.; Hughes, R.K.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.; Lu, Y.; Banfield, M.J.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.R.J. (2019) Phytophthora infestans effector SFI3 targets potato UKB to suppress early immune transcriptional response., New Phytologist, 222, 438-454.
Thilliez, G.J.A.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jouet, A.; Ward, B.; van Oosterhout, C.; Jones, J.D.G.; Huitema, E.; Birch, P.R.J.; Hein, I. (2019) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist, 221, 1634-1648.
Armstrong, M.R.; Vossen, J.; Lim, T.Y.; Hutten, R.C.B.; Xu, J.F.; Strachan, S.M.; Harrower, B.; Champouret, N.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein I. (2019) Tracking disease resistance deployment in potato breeding by enrichment sequencing., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17, 540-549.
Jiang, R.; Li, J.C.; Tian, Z.D.; Du, J.; Armstrong, M.; Baker, K.; Lim, J.T.Y.; Vossen, J.H.; He, H.; Portal, L.; Zhou, J.; Bonierbale, M.; Hein, I.; Lindqvist-Kreuze, H.; Xie, C.H. (2018) Potato late blight field resistance from QTL dPI09c is conferred by the NB-LRR gene R8., Journal of Experimental Botany, 69, 1545-1555.
Murphy, F.; He, Q.; Armstrong, M.; Giuliani, L.M.; Boevink, P.C.; Zhang, W.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2018) The potato MAP3K StVIK is required for Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector Pi17316 to promote disease., Plant Physiology, 177, 398-410.
Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 1287-1297.
Baker, K.; Stephen, G.; Strachan, S.; Armstrong, M.; Hein, I. (2018) BLASTmap: A Shiny-based application to visualize BLAST results as interactive heat maps and a tool to design gene-specific baits for bespoke target enrichment sequencing., In: Ma, W. & Wolpert, T. (eds.). Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomyctes. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1848, pp199-206.
Boevink, P.C.; McLellan, H.; Gilroy, E.M.; Naqvi, S.; He, Q.; Yang, L.N.; Wang, X.D.; Turnbull, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) Oomycetes seek help from the plant: Phytophthora infestans effectors target host susceptibility factors., Molecular Plant, 9, 636-638.
Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
Boevink, P.C.; Wang, X.D.; McLellan, H.; He, Q.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) A Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector targets plant PP1c isoforms that promote late blight disease., Nature Communications, 7, Article No. 10311.
Wang, X.D.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Qin, Z.W.; Birch, P.R.J. (2015) A host KH RNA-binding protein is a susceptibility factor targeted by an RXLR effector to promote late blight disease., Molecular Plant, 8, 1385-1395.
King, S.R.F.; McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bukharova, T.; Sukarta, O.; Win, J.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J.; Banfielda, M.J. (2014) Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling., The Plant Cell, 26, 1345-1359.
Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Brunner, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Phytophthora infestans effector PiAVR2 targets StBSL1 to activate the Brassinosteriod pathway., XVI International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014, Rhodes, Greece, 6-10 July 2014.
Boevink, P.; Wang, X.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Birch, P.R.J. (2014) Targeting of PP1c isoforms by an RXLR effector., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting, Norwich, July 2014.
Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Yang, L.; Murphy, F.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Welsh, L.; Hein, I.; Zhan, J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Pumped up on (brassino) steroids: multiple Phytophthora infestans effectors manipulate the Brassinosteroid pathway in potato., FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, The Convention Centre, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Pritchard, L.; Gomez, S.; Morales, J.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2013) An RxLR effector from Phytophthora infestans prevents re-localisation of two plant NAC transcription factors from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus., PLoS Pathogens, 9, Article No. e1003670.
Engelhardt, S.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Ramos, M.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2012) Relocalization of late blight resistance protein R3a to endosomal compartments is associated with effector recognition and required for the immune response., The Plant Cell, 24, 5142-5158.
Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Seman, Z.A.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Exploiting knowledge of pathogen effectors to enhance late blight resistance in potato., Potato Research, 54, 325-340.
Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Boevink, P.; Hein, I.; Taylor, R.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Engelhardt, S.; Vetukuri, R.R.; Harrower, B.E.; Dixelius, C.; Bryan, G.J.; Sadanandom, A.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a is essential for virulence and manipulates plant immunity by stabilizing host E3 ligase CMPG1., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 107, 9909-9914.
Breen, S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Tian, Z.D.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Lokossou, A.A.; Govers, F.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Brunner, F.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Avr2, an RXLR effector from Phytophthora infestans., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Bukharova, T.; McLellan, H.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Identifying candidate host 'targets' of Phytophthora infestans translocated RXLR proteins., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Engelhardt, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) R3a-mediated recognition of AVR3a: Cell biological and biochemical characterisation., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I.; McLellan, H.; Breen, S.; Engelhardt, S.; Tian, Z.D.; Seman, Z.A.; Pritchard, L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Randall, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; van West, P.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Using knowledge of RXLR effectors to seek durable resistance., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) The zig-zag-zig in oomycete-plant interactions., Molecular Plant Pathology, 10, 547-562.
Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Boevink, P.; Gilroy, E.M.; Taylor, R.M.; Wawra, S.; Pritchard, L.; Conti, L.; Ewan, R.; Whisson, S.C.; van West, P.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Towards understanding the virulence functions of RXLR effectors of the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans., Journal of Experimental Botany, 60, 1133-1140.
Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Hein, I.; Tian, Z.D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Douglas, E.; Lokossou, A.A.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Morales, J.G.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Amino acid polymorphisms upstream of the RXLR motif in Phytophthora infestans effector Avr2 condition R gene recognition., The Fungal Cell, British Mycological Society Meeting, Westpark Conference Centre, Dundee, 1-4 September 2009.
Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.; Morales, J.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Avrova, A.O.; Breen, S.; van West, P.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Functional analysis of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors Avr2 and Avr3a., Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 17-22 March 2009.
Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.M.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Breen, S.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Localisation and function of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors and their host targets., XIV MPMI Conference, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Allen, R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Donovan, S.; Rehmany, A.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Evolutionarily distinct RXLR effectors from distantly related oomycetes target the plant exocyst., 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
Birch, P.R.J.; Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Grouffaud, S.; Sandanandom, A.; Taylor, R.; Kamoun, S.; Bos, J.I. (2008) Translocated oomycete effectors that target the plant immune system., Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 150, S176-S177.
Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N. ; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Grouffaud, S.; van West, P.; Chapman, S.N.; Hein, I.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., Nature, 450, 115-118.
Armstrong, M.R.; Husmeier, D.; Phillips, M.S.; Blok, V.C. (2007) Segregation and recombination of a multipartite mitochondrial DNA in populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64, 689-701.
Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N.; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., XIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, Italy, 22-26 July 2007.

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Journals

Varypatakis, K.; Véronneau, P-Y.; Thorpe, P.J.; Cock, P.J.A.; Tze-Yin Lim, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Janakowski, S.; Sobczak, M.; Hein, I.; Mimee, B.; Jones, J.T.; Blok, V.C. (2020) The genomic impact of selection for virulence against resistance in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genes, 11, Article No. 1429.
Zheng, J.Y.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Duan, Y.F.; Xu, J.F.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Jin, L.P.; li, G.C. (2020) New findings on the resistance mechanism of an elite diploid wild potato species JAM1-4 in response to a super race strain of Phytophthora infestans., Phytopathology, 110, 1375-1387.
Lin, X.; Armstrong, I.; Baker, K.; Wouters, D.; Visser, R.G.F.; Wolters, P.J.; Hein, I.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. (2020) RLP/K enrichment sequencing; a novel method to identify receptor-like protein (RLP) and receptor-like kinase (RLK)genes., New Phytologist, 227, 1264-1276.
Duan, Y.F.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Xu, J.F.; Zheng, J.Y. Hu, J.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Li, G.C.; Jin, L.P. (2020) Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals compatible and incompatible patterns of potato toward phytophthora infestans., G3- Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 623-634.
Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
Ren, Y.J.; Armstrong, M.; Qi, Y.; McLellan, H.; Zhong, C.; Du, B.W.; Birch, P.R.J.; Tian, Z.D. (2019) Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors target parallel steps in an immune signal transduction pathway., Plant Physiology, 180, 2227-2239.
Strachan, S.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kaur, A.; Wright, K.M.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jones, J.; Bryan, G.; Blok, V.; Hein, I. (2019) Mapping the H2 resistance effective against Globodera pallida pathotype Pa1 in tetraploid potato., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132, 1283-1294.
He, Q.; McLellan, H.; Hughes, R.K.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.; Lu, Y.; Banfield, M.J.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.R.J. (2019) Phytophthora infestans effector SFI3 targets potato UKB to suppress early immune transcriptional response., New Phytologist, 222, 438-454.
Thilliez, G.J.A.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jouet, A.; Ward, B.; van Oosterhout, C.; Jones, J.D.G.; Huitema, E.; Birch, P.R.J.; Hein, I. (2019) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist, 221, 1634-1648.
Armstrong, M.R.; Vossen, J.; Lim, T.Y.; Hutten, R.C.B.; Xu, J.F.; Strachan, S.M.; Harrower, B.; Champouret, N.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein I. (2019) Tracking disease resistance deployment in potato breeding by enrichment sequencing., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17, 540-549.
Jiang, R.; Li, J.C.; Tian, Z.D.; Du, J.; Armstrong, M.; Baker, K.; Lim, J.T.Y.; Vossen, J.H.; He, H.; Portal, L.; Zhou, J.; Bonierbale, M.; Hein, I.; Lindqvist-Kreuze, H.; Xie, C.H. (2018) Potato late blight field resistance from QTL dPI09c is conferred by the NB-LRR gene R8., Journal of Experimental Botany, 69, 1545-1555.
Murphy, F.; He, Q.; Armstrong, M.; Giuliani, L.M.; Boevink, P.C.; Zhang, W.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2018) The potato MAP3K StVIK is required for Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector Pi17316 to promote disease., Plant Physiology, 177, 398-410.
Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 1287-1297.
Boevink, P.C.; McLellan, H.; Gilroy, E.M.; Naqvi, S.; He, Q.; Yang, L.N.; Wang, X.D.; Turnbull, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) Oomycetes seek help from the plant: Phytophthora infestans effectors target host susceptibility factors., Molecular Plant, 9, 636-638.
Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
Boevink, P.C.; Wang, X.D.; McLellan, H.; He, Q.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) A Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector targets plant PP1c isoforms that promote late blight disease., Nature Communications, 7, Article No. 10311.
Wang, X.D.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Qin, Z.W.; Birch, P.R.J. (2015) A host KH RNA-binding protein is a susceptibility factor targeted by an RXLR effector to promote late blight disease., Molecular Plant, 8, 1385-1395.
King, S.R.F.; McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bukharova, T.; Sukarta, O.; Win, J.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J.; Banfielda, M.J. (2014) Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling., The Plant Cell, 26, 1345-1359.
McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Pritchard, L.; Gomez, S.; Morales, J.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2013) An RxLR effector from Phytophthora infestans prevents re-localisation of two plant NAC transcription factors from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus., PLoS Pathogens, 9, Article No. e1003670.
Engelhardt, S.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Ramos, M.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2012) Relocalization of late blight resistance protein R3a to endosomal compartments is associated with effector recognition and required for the immune response., The Plant Cell, 24, 5142-5158.
Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Seman, Z.A.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Exploiting knowledge of pathogen effectors to enhance late blight resistance in potato., Potato Research, 54, 325-340.
Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Boevink, P.; Hein, I.; Taylor, R.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Engelhardt, S.; Vetukuri, R.R.; Harrower, B.E.; Dixelius, C.; Bryan, G.J.; Sadanandom, A.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a is essential for virulence and manipulates plant immunity by stabilizing host E3 ligase CMPG1., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 107, 9909-9914.
Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) The zig-zag-zig in oomycete-plant interactions., Molecular Plant Pathology, 10, 547-562.
Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Boevink, P.; Gilroy, E.M.; Taylor, R.M.; Wawra, S.; Pritchard, L.; Conti, L.; Ewan, R.; Whisson, S.C.; van West, P.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Towards understanding the virulence functions of RXLR effectors of the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans., Journal of Experimental Botany, 60, 1133-1140.
Birch, P.R.J.; Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Grouffaud, S.; Sandanandom, A.; Taylor, R.; Kamoun, S.; Bos, J.I. (2008) Translocated oomycete effectors that target the plant immune system., Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 150, S176-S177.
Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N. ; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Grouffaud, S.; van West, P.; Chapman, S.N.; Hein, I.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., Nature, 450, 115-118.
Armstrong, M.R.; Husmeier, D.; Phillips, M.S.; Blok, V.C. (2007) Segregation and recombination of a multipartite mitochondrial DNA in populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64, 689-701.
Blok, V.C.; Chapman, S.N.; Armstrong, M.R.; Phillips, M.; Lilley, C.; Urwin, P.; Blanchard, A.; Grenier, E.; Jones, J.T. (2006) Genomics analysis in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Phytopathology, 96, S149.
Bos, J.I.B.; Kanneganti, T.; Young, C.; Cakir, C.; Huitema, E.; Win, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S. (2006) The C-terminal half of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a is sufficient to trigger R3a-mediated hypersensitivity and suppress INF1-induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana., Plant Journal, 48, 165-176.
Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Pritchard, L.; Bos, J.I.B.; Venter, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Rehmany, A.P.; Bohme, U.; Brooks, K.; Cherevach, I.; Hamlin, N.; White, B.; Fraser, A.; Lord, A.; Quail, M.A.; Churcher, C.; Hall, N.; Berriman, M.; Huang, S.; Kamoun, S.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2005) An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognised in the host cytoplasm., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 102, 7766-7771.
Rehmany, A.P.; Gordon, A.; Rose, L.E.; Allen, R.L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Tyler, B.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Beynon, J.L. (2005) Differential recognition of highly divergent downy mildew avirulence gene alleles by RPP1 resistance genes from two Arabidopsis lines., Plant Cell, 17, 1839-1850.
Liu, Z.; Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; da Cunha, L.; Torto-Alalibo, T.; Win, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Wright, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S. (2005) Patterns of diversifying selection in the phytotoxin-like scr74 gene family of Phytophthora infestans., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22, 659-572.
He, Y.; Jones, J.T.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lamberti, F.; Moens, M. (2005) The mitochondrial genome of Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto (Nematoda: Enoplea):considerable economization in the length and structural features of encoded genes., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 61, 819-833.
Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Venter, E.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) Potato late blight in the 21st century: new tools for an old problem., Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, 7, 43-451.
Birch, P.R.J.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Venter, E.; Taleb, N.; Phillips, M.S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Whisson, S.C. (2003) The potato - Phytophthora infestans interaction transcriptome., Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 25, 226-231.
Bos, J.I.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Torto, T.A.; Ochwo, M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S. (2003) Intraspecific comparative genomics to identify avirulence genes from Phytophthora., New Phytologist, 159, 63-72.
Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Neilson, R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S. (2001) Diversity within Globodera pallida: molecular and biological., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 145.
Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Wishart, J.; Blok, V.C. (2001) Nematode/host interactions: differences in gene expression in compatible and incompatible interactions., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 143.
Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tzortzakakis, E.A.; Phillips, M.S. (2000) Virulence and avirulence of root-knot nematodes on tomato., 25th International Nematology Symposium, Herzliya, Israel, 2-7 April 2000. Nematology, 2, 745.
Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S. (2000) A multipartite mitrochondrial genome in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genetics, 154, 181-192.

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Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.

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Books / Book Chapters

Baker, K.; Stephen, G.; Strachan, S.; Armstrong, M.; Hein, I. (2018) BLASTmap: A Shiny-based application to visualize BLAST results as interactive heat maps and a tool to design gene-specific baits for bespoke target enrichment sequencing., In: Ma, W. & Wolpert, T. (eds.). Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomyctes. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1848, pp199-206.

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Reports

Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Jones, J.T.; Venter, E.; Birch, P.R.J. (2004) Targeting late blight with gene discovery., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, pp102-103.
Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Campbell, E.; Birch, P.R.J. (2002) Late blight of potato: Pathogen genomics approaches to a continuing problem., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp29-32.
Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Bryan, G.J.; Castelli, L.; Jones, J.T.; Kumar, A.; Phillips, M.S.; Purvis, A.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Wishart, J. (2002) Investigating gene expression in nematode-infected roots., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp122-124.
Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S.; Trudgill, D.L. (1999) The novel mitochondrial genome architecture of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida.., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp150-152.

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Conference papers

Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Brunner, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Phytophthora infestans effector PiAVR2 targets StBSL1 to activate the Brassinosteriod pathway., XVI International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014, Rhodes, Greece, 6-10 July 2014.
Boevink, P.; Wang, X.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Birch, P.R.J. (2014) Targeting of PP1c isoforms by an RXLR effector., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting, Norwich, July 2014.
Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Yang, L.; Murphy, F.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Welsh, L.; Hein, I.; Zhan, J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Pumped up on (brassino) steroids: multiple Phytophthora infestans effectors manipulate the Brassinosteroid pathway in potato., FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, The Convention Centre, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
Breen, S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Tian, Z.D.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Lokossou, A.A.; Govers, F.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Brunner, F.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Avr2, an RXLR effector from Phytophthora infestans., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Bukharova, T.; McLellan, H.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Identifying candidate host 'targets' of Phytophthora infestans translocated RXLR proteins., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Engelhardt, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) R3a-mediated recognition of AVR3a: Cell biological and biochemical characterisation., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I.; McLellan, H.; Breen, S.; Engelhardt, S.; Tian, Z.D.; Seman, Z.A.; Pritchard, L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Randall, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; van West, P.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Using knowledge of RXLR effectors to seek durable resistance., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Hein, I.; Tian, Z.D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Douglas, E.; Lokossou, A.A.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Morales, J.G.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Amino acid polymorphisms upstream of the RXLR motif in Phytophthora infestans effector Avr2 condition R gene recognition., The Fungal Cell, British Mycological Society Meeting, Westpark Conference Centre, Dundee, 1-4 September 2009.
Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.; Morales, J.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Avrova, A.O.; Breen, S.; van West, P.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Functional analysis of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors Avr2 and Avr3a., Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 17-22 March 2009.
Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.M.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Breen, S.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Localisation and function of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors and their host targets., XIV MPMI Conference, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Allen, R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Donovan, S.; Rehmany, A.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Evolutionarily distinct RXLR effectors from distantly related oomycetes target the plant exocyst., 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N.; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., XIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, Italy, 22-26 July 2007.
Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2006) Gene signalling in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network, Wageningen, 4-7 May 2006.
Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2002) Cloning of avirulence genes from Phytophthora infestans., Molecular Biology of Fungal Pathogens XIII, Gregynog, Wales, 17-19 July 2002.
Blok, V.C.; Neilson, R.; Armstrong, M.R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S. (2001) Host selection for parasite phenotypes and genotypes., British Society for Parasitology, Spring Meeting, University of Keele, 17-20 April 2001.

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