Cross-kingdom gene transfer facilitates the evolution of virulence in fungal pathogens

Plant Science

Volumn 210, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-158

  Gardiner, Donald M ^a   Kazan, Kemal ^a   Manners, John M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer; Niche specialisation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS AND ETHYLENE INDUCING-LIKE PROTEINS; NICHE SPECIALISATION; NLP; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LATERAL GENE TRANSFER; NECROSIS AND ETHYLENE INDUCING-LIKE PROTEINS; NICHE SPECIALISATION; NLP;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880371915     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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