A pmk1-interacting gene is involved in appressorium differentiation and plant infection in magnaporthe oryzae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1062-1070

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a,b   Xue, Chaoyang ^a,c   Kong, Lingan ^a   Li, Guotian ^a   Xu, Jin Rong ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RICE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VIRULENCE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MORPHOGENESIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPORES, FUNGAL; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

EID: 79961140750     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00007-11     Document Type: Article

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