Physical-chemical plant-derived signals induce differentiation in Ustilago maydis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 895-911

  Mendoza Mendoza, Artemio ^a,c   Berndt, Patrick ^a,c   Djamei, Armin ^c   Weise, Carolin ^c   Linne, Uwe ^d   Marahiel, Mohamed ^d   Vraneš, Miroslav ^c   Kämper, Jörg ^b,c   Kahmann, Regine ^b,c  

^a These Authors Contributed Equally ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXY FATTY ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BINUCLEATE SPORE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPHAE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHEROMONES; PLANT LEAVES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60349091226     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06567.x     Document Type: Article

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