NUT1, a major nitrogen regulatory gene in Magnaporthe grisea, is dispensable for pathogenicity

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 647-656

  Froeliger, Eunice H ^a,b   Carpenter, Brian E ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene disruption; Magnaporthe grisea; Nitrogen regulation; Pathogenicity; Rice blast

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; FUNGAL DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYGROMYCIN B; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA BINDING; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029829217     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174113     Document Type: Article

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