Methionine biosynthesis is essential for infection in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Saint Macary, Marie Emmanuelle ^a   Barbisan, Crystel ^a   Gagey, Marie Josèphe ^a   Frelin, Océane ^a   Beffa, Roland ^a   Lebrun, Marc Henri ^a   Droux, Michel ^a,b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MET6 GENE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; RICE; RICE BLAST; SPOROGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FUNGI; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE; METHIONINE; ORYZA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84928793022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111108     Document Type: Article

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