Ustilago maydis as a pathogen

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2009, Pages 423-445

  Brefort, Thomas ^a   Doehlemann, Gunther ^a   Mendoza Mendoza, Artemio ^a   Reissmann, Stefanie ^a   Djamei, Armin ^a   Kallmann, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corn smut; Dimorphism; Fungal effectors; Host response; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; USTILAGO;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; UREDINALES; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350223650     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080508-081923     Document Type: Article

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