Fungal Pathogenesis: Gene Clusters Unveiled as Secrets within the Ustilago maydis Code

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 33846589872     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.047     Document Type: Short Survey

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