Regulation of stomatal tropism and infection by light in cercospora zeae-maydis: Evidence for coordinated host/pathogen responses to photoperiod?

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Hun ^a   Ridenour, John B ^a   Dunkle, Larry D ^b   Bluhm, Burton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHITE COLLAR 1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLUE LIGHT; CERCOSPORA ZEAE MAYDIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; RADIATION DOSE; TROPISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ASCOMYCETES; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIGHT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

CERCOSPORA ZEAE-MAYDIS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; ZEA MAYS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; LIGHT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT STOMATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960960151     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002113     Document Type: Article

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