Isolation of UmRrm75, a gene involved in dimorphism and virulence of Ustilago maydis

Microbiological Research

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 270-282

  Rodríguez Kessler, Margarita ^a   Baeza Montañez, Lourdes ^b   García Pedrajas, María D ^b   Tapia Moreno, Alejandro ^c   Gold, Scott ^d   Jiménez Bremont, Juan F ^c   Ruiz Herrera, José ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Donut like shape colony; Pathogenicity; RNA binding protein; Subtractive library; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; DONUT-LIKE SHAPE COLONY; PATHOGENICITY; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SUBTRACTIVE LIBRARY; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACIDS; OLEIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

COLONY; DIMORPHISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENE; GROWTH RATE; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 84859516307     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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