A Cdc42 ortholog is required for penetration and virulence of Magnaporthe grisea

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 450-460

  Zheng, Wu ^a   Zhao, Zhiying ^a,b   Chen, Jisheng ^a   Liu, Wende ^a   Ke, Haiyan ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Lu, Guodong ^a   Darvill, Alan G ^b   Albersheim, Peter ^b   Wu, Shengcheng ^b   Wang, Zonghua ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appressorial development; Cdc42; GTPase; Magnaporthe grisea; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

MGCDC42 PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TURGOR; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SPOROGENESIS;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

CUCUMIS ANGURIA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 67349116450     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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