Identification of three ubiquitin genes of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea, one of which is highly expressed during initial stages of plant colonisation

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-361

  McCafferty, Heather R K ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogenesis; Gene amplification; Plant infection; Pyricularia oryzae; Ribosomal biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HAPLOIDY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RIBOSOME; RICE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINS;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PYRICULARIA;

EID: 0031832402     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050347     Document Type: Article

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