The myosin motor domain of fungal chitin synthase v is dispensable for vesicle motility but required for virulence of the maize pathogen ustilago maydis

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2476-2494

  Treitschke, Steffi ^a,b   Doehlemann, Gunther ^b   Schuster, Martin ^a   Steinberga, Gero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956841488     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.075028     Document Type: Article

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