MAP kinase and cAMP signaling regulate infection structure formation and pathogenic growth in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2696-2706

  Xu, Jin Rong ^a   Hamer, John E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appressorium; pathogenicity; PMK1

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029846423     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.21.2696     Document Type: Article

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