Deletion of the fungal gene soft disrupts mutualistic symbiosis between the grass endophyte Epichloë festucae and the host plant

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1463-1471

  Charlton, Nikki D ^a   Shoji, Jun Ya ^a   Ghimire, Sita R ^a   Nakashima, Jin ^a   Craven, Kelly D ^a,b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOPHYTES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS;

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FUNGI;

EID: 84870409344     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00191-12     Document Type: Article

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