A family of small tyrosine rich proteins is essential for oogonial and oospore cell wall development of the mycoparasitic oomycete Pythium oligandrum

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-172

  Grenville Briggs, Laura J ^a   Horner, Neil R ^b,d   Phillips, Andrew J ^b   Beakes, Gordon W ^c   Van West, Pieter ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Mycoparasite; Oomycete; Oomycete sexual reproduction; Oospore; Oospore formation; Oosporogenesis; Pythium; TEM; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOPARASITE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPORULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYTHIUM;

CELL WALL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; PYTHIUM; SPORES;

OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 84875610682     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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