Biz1, a zinc finger protein required for plant invasion by Ustilago maydis, regulates the levels of a mitotic cyclin

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2369-2387

  Flor Parra, Ignacio ^a   Vranes, Miroslav ^b   Kämper, Jörg ^b   Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELL CYCLES; MITOTIC CYCLIN; MORPHOGENESIS CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PROTEINS;

FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33747608199     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.042754     Document Type: Article

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