MoCRZ1, a gene encoding a calcineurin-responsive transcription factor, regulates fungal growth and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-254

  Choi, Jinhee ^a   Kim, Yangseon ^a   Kim, Soonok ^a   Park, Jongsun ^a   Lee, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Calcineurin responsive transcription factor; FKS1; Magnaporthe oryzae; MoCRZ1; P type ATPase; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RICE BLAST; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 60649084357     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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