The Lmgpi15 gene, encoding a component of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor biosynthesis pathway, is required for morphogenesis and pathogenicity in Leptosphaeria maculans

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1105-1120

  Remy, Estelle ^a   Meyer, Michel ^a   Blaise, Françoise ^a   Simon, Uwe K ^b   Kuhn, Diana ^b   Chabirand, Mélanie ^a   Riquelme, Meritxell ^c   Balesdent, Marie Hélène ^a   Rouxel, Thierry ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor biosynthesis; Insertional mutagenesis; Leptosphaeria maculans; Morphogenesis; Oilseed rape; Pathogenicity gene; Stem canker

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GPI15 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ORGANELLE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA; CELL WALL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 49249102950     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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