Differences between appressoria formed by germ tubes and appressorium-like structures developed by hyphal tips in Magnaporthe oryzae

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-41

  Kong, Ling An ^a,b   Li, Guo Tian ^c   Liu, Yun ^a   Liu, Mei Gang ^a   Zhang, Shi Jie ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Zhou, Xiao Ying ^c   Peng, You Liang ^b   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ tubes; Hyphal tips; Melanin layer; Plant penetration; Pyricularia oryzae; Wax

Indexed keywords

CON7 PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; MELANIN; MPS1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN OSM1; PROTEIN PMK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPRESSORIA; APPRESSORIUM; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MAGNAPORTHE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

EID: 84879505742     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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