Programmed cell cycle arrest is required for infection of corn plants by the fungus Ustilago maydis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4817-4826

  Castanheira, Sónia ^a   Mielnichuk, Natalia ^a   Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appressorium; Cell cycle; Ustilago maydis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MAIZE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT TISSUE; USTILAGO MAYDIS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT DISEASES; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84919338045     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.113415     Document Type: Article

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