Ustilago maydis natural antisense transcript expression alters mRNA stability and pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-51

  Donaldson, Michael E ^a   Saville, Barry J ^a,b  

^a Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program   (Japan)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UM02151 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPLOIDY; MAIZE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; SEEDLING; STEADY STATE; TELIOSPORE; TELLOSPORE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879493010     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12254     Document Type: Article

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