Magnaporthe grisea avirulence gene ACE1 belongs to an infection-specific gene cluster involved in secondary metabolism

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 196-208

  Collemare, Jérôme ^a   Pianfetti, Mikaël ^a   Houlle, Anne Elodie ^a   Morin, Damien ^a   Camborde, Laurent ^a   Gagey, Marie Josèphe ^a   Barbisan, Crystel ^a   Fudal, Isabelle ^a   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^a   Böhnert, Heidi U ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appressorium; Expression pattern; PKS NRPS; Regulatory network; Rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe grisea)

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NON RIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; NON-RIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 44649085135     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02459.x     Document Type: Article

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