A Class-V Myosin Required for Mating, Hyphal Growth, and Pathogenicity in the Dimorphic Plant Pathogen Ustilago maydis

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2826-2842

  Weber, Isabella ^a   Gruber, Christian ^a,b   Steinberg, Gero ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Biomax Informatics AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS; TISSUE; YEAST;

MORPHOGENESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNGI; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0348011445     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.016246     Document Type: Article

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