Ustilago maydis phosphodiesterases play a role in the dimorphic switch and in pathogenicity

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 5, 2013, Pages 857-868

  Agarwal, Charu ^a   Aulakh, Kavita B ^a   Edelen, Kaly ^a   Cooper, Michael ^a   Margaret Wallen, R ^a   Adams, Seth ^a   Schultz, David J ^a   Perlin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 84876940556     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.061234-0     Document Type: Article

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