The transition from a phytopathogenic smut ancestor to an anamorphic biocontrol agent deciphered by comparative whole-genome analysis

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1946-1959

  Lefebvre, François ^a   Joly, David L ^b   Labbé, Caroline ^a   Teichmann, Beate ^a   Linning, Rob ^b   Belzile, François ^a   Bakkeren, Guus ^b   Bélanger, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; USTILAGINALES; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; USTILAGINALES; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880957186     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.113969     Document Type: Article

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