Characterisation of four LIM protein-encoding genes involved in infection-related development and pathogenicity by the rice blast fungus magnaporthe oryzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Li, Ya ^a   Yue, Xiaofeng ^a   Que, Yawei ^a   Yan, Xia ^a,b   Ma, Zhonghua ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^b   Wang, Zhengyi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LIM PROTEIN;

APPRESSORIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LDP1 GENE; LRG1 GENE; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX1 GENE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RGA1 GENE; RICE BLAST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84895539676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088246     Document Type: Article

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