Analysis of loss of pathogenicity mutants reveals that repeat-induced point mutations can occur in the Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a   Howlett, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Fungal pathogenicity; Gene silencing; Restriction enzyme mediated integration mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HYGROMYCIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON; DATA BASE; DNA STRAND; DOTHIDEOMYCETE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0038330375     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00588-1     Document Type: Article

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