A Rho3 homolog is essential for appressorium development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2240-2250

  Zheng, Wu ^a,b   Chen, Jisheng ^a   Liu, Wende ^a   Zheng, Shiqin ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Lu, Guodong ^a   Wang, Zonghua ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fuzhou Criminal Science and Technology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COMPONENTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MAGNAPORTHE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 37549064403     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00104-07     Document Type: Article

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