Ustilago maydis - A valuable model system for the study of fungal dimorphism and virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1395-1401

  Bolker M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cAMP signalling; MAP kinase signalling; Mating; Pathogenicity; Plant pathogen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VIRULENCE;

USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0034964905     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-6-1395     Document Type: Review

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45. A novel class of small amphipathic peptides affect aerial hyphal growth and surface hydrophobicity in Ustilago maydis