Identification and characterization of secreted and pathogenesis-related proteins in Ustilago maydis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-39

  Müller, Olaf ^a,b   Schreier, Peter H ^a,c   Uhrig, Joachim F ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrophobin; Phytopathogenic; Repellent proteins; Signal sequence trap; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HUM3 PROTEIN; HYDROPHOBIN; REP1 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 36949039582     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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