Functional annotation of the ophiostoma novo-ulmi genome: Insights into the phytopathogenicity of the fungal agent of Dutch elm disease

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 410-430

  Comeau, André M ^a,e   Dufour, Josée ^a   Bouvet, Guillaume F ^b   Jacobi, Volker ^a   Nigg, Martha ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^c,d   Laroche, Jérôme ^a   Levesque, Roger C ^a   Bernier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAZyme; cytochrome P450; mating type; phytopathogen; terpene degradation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO-ULMI; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; SORDARIOMYCETES; ULMUS;

RETROPOSON;

CHROMOSOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ELM; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPHIOSTOMA; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPHIOSTOMA; PLANT DISEASES; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE; ULMUS;

EID: 84928252921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu281     Document Type: Article

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