Plant Surface Cues Prime Ustilago maydis for Biotrophic Development

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lanver, Daniel ^a   Berndt, Patrick ^a,c   Tollot, Marie ^a   Naik, Vikram ^a   Vranes, Miroslav ^b   Warmann, Tobias ^a   Münch, Karin ^a   Rössel, Nicole ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SURFACE PROPERTY; USTILAGO;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PLANT DISEASES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSCRIPTOME; USTILAGO;

EID: 84905378257     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004272     Document Type: Article

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