Two phosphodiesterase genes, PDEL and PDEH, regulate development and pathogenicity by modulating intracellular cyclic AMP levels in magnaporthe oryzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a,b   Liu, Kaiyue ^a,b   Zhang, Xing ^a,b   Tang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Jiansheng ^a,b   Guo, Min ^a,b   Zhao, Qian ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaobo ^a,b   Wang, Ping ^c   Zhang, Zhengguang ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; SPLEEN EXONUCLEASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BARLEY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

CELL WALL; CYCLIC AMP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HORDEUM; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAGNAPORTHE; MYCELIUM; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 79952211393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017241     Document Type: Article

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