Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 97-101

  Kämper, Jörg ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Bölker, Michael ^b   Ma, Li Jun ^c   Brefort, Thomas ^a   Saville, Barry J ^d,z   Banuett, Flora ^e   Kronstad, James W ^f   Gold, Scott E ^g   Müller, Olaf ^a   Perlin, Michael H ^h   Wösten, Han A B ⁱ   De Vries, Ronald ⁱ   Ruiz Herrera, José ^j   Reynaga Peña, Cristina G ^j   Snetselaar, Karen ^k   McCann, Michael ^k   Pérez Martín, José ^l   Feldbrügge, Michael ^a   Basse, Christoph W ^a   Steinberg, Gero ^a   Ibeas, Jose I ^m   Holloman, William ⁿ   Guzman, Plinio ^o   Farman, Mark ^p   Stajich, Jason E ^q   Sentandreu, Rafael ^r   González Prieto, Juan M ^s   Kennell, John C ^t   Molina, Lazaro ^a   Schirawski, Jan ^a   Mendoza Mendoza, Artemio ^a   Greilinger, Doris ^a   Münch, Karin ^a   Rössel, Nicole ^a   Scherer, Mario ^a   Vraněs, Miroslav ^a   Ladendorf, Oliver ^a   Vincon, Volker ^a   Fuchs, Uta ^a   Sandrock, Björn ^b   Meng, Shaowu ^d   Ho, Eric C H ^d   Cahill, Matt J ^d   Boyce, Kylie J ^f   Klose, Jana ^f   Klosterman, Steven J ^g   Deelstra, Heine J ⁱ   Ortiz Castellanos, Lucila ^j   Li, Weixi ^p   Sanchez Alonso, Patricia ^o   Schreier, Peter H ^u   Häuser Hahn, Isolde ^u   Vaupel, Martin ^u   Koopmann, Edda ^u   Friedrich, Gabi ^u   Voss, Hartmut ^v   Schlüter, Thomas ^v   Margolis, Jonathan ^w   Platt, Darren ^w   Swimmer, Candace ^w   Gnirke, Andreas ^w   Chen, Feng ^w   Vysotskaia, Valentina ^w   Mannhaupt, Gertrud ^a,x   Güldener, Ulrich ^x   Münsterkötter, Martin ^x   Haase, Dirk ^x   Oesterheld, Matthias ^x   Mewes, Hans Werner ^x,y   Mauceli, Evan W ^c   DeCaprio, David ^c   Wade, Claire M ^c   Butler, Jonathan ^c   Young, Sarah ^c   Jaffe, David B ^c   Calvo, Sarah ^c   Nusbaum, Chad ^c   Galagan, James ^c   Birren, Bruce W ^c   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^k SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

ⁿ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^o Department of Plant Genetic Engineering Cinvestav Campus Guanajuato ^*  (Mexico)

^p UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^s INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^t SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^v Axaron Bioscience AG   (Germany)

^w EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

^x INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^y TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^z TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FUNGI; GENES; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

BASIDIOMYCETE FUNGUS; BIOTROPHIC FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGEN; BIOTROPHIC PARASITES; PROTEIN-ENCODING GENES;

BIODIVERSITY;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MAIZE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750597877     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05248     Document Type: Article

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