Identification of four chitin synthase genes in the rice blast disease agent Magnaporthe grisea

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Vidal Cros, Anne ^a   Boccara, Martine ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c Lab de Biochim et Pathol Veg   (France)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Fungus; Magnaporthe grisea; Multigene family

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032146329     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00258-4     Document Type: Article

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