The glyoxylate cycle is required for temporal regulation of virulence by the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1601-1612

  Wang, Zheng Yi ^a,b   Thornton, Christopher R ^a   Kershaw, Michael J ^a   Debao, Li ^b   Talbot, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; ISOCITRATE LYASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GERMINATION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RICE BLAST; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE TARGETING; GLYOXYLATES; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MAGNAPORTHE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037344723     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03412.x     Document Type: Article

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