Do TE activity and counteracting genome defenses, RNAi and methylation, shape the sex lives of smut fungi?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Laurie, John D ^a,c   Linning, Rob ^a   Wong, Philip ^b,d   Bakkeren, Guus ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Genome research; Plant pathogen; Sporisorium; Ustilago

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; SPORISORIUM; USTILAGO; USTILAGO HORDEI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME RESEARCH; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPORISORIUM; TRANSPOSON; USTILAGO;

GENE SILENCING; GENOME RESEARCH; PLANT PATHOGEN; SPORISORIUM; USTILAGO;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; USTILAGO;

EID: 84875871256     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.23853     Document Type: Article

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