The Ustilago maydis a2 mating-type locus genes lga2 and rga2 compromise pathogenicity in the absence of the mitochondrial p32 family protein Mrb1

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2233-2248

  Bortfeld, Miriam ^a,b   Auffarth, Kathrin ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Basse, Christoph W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

MITOCHONDRIAL FRAGMENTATION; PATHOGENICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; MUTAGENS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

EUKARYOTA; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4043161392     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.022657     Document Type: Article

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