Isolation of csm1 encoding a class V chitin synthase with a myosin motor-like domain from the rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-139

  Park, In Cheol ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^b   Hwang, Cher Won ^c   Yeh, Wan Hae ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^b   Ryu, Jin Chang ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Handong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Magnaporthe grisea; Myosin motor like domain; Pyricularia oryzae; Rice blast fungus

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; MYOSIN;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PYRICULARIA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0032898150     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00538-2     Document Type: Article

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