Evolution and functional insights of different ancestral orthologous clades of chitin synthase genes in the fungal tree of life

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Li, Mu ^a   Jiang, Cong ^a   Wang, Qinhu ^a   Zhao, Zhongtao ^b   Jin, Qiaojun ^a   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,c   Liu, Huiquan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Evolution; Functional diversification; Fungi; Plant infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958534076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00037     Document Type: Article

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