MgCRZ1, a transcription factor of Magnaporthe grisea, controls growth, development and is involved in full virulence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-169

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Liu, Kaiyue ^a   Zhang, Zhengguang ^a   Wang, Yuanchao ^a   Zheng, Xiaobo ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appressorium; Magnaporthe grisea; MgCRZ1; Transcription factor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TURGOR PRESSURE; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNAPORTHE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 62549153968     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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