A conserved fungal glycosyltransferase facilitates pathogenesis of plants by enabling hyphal growth on solid surfaces

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  King, Robert ^a   Urban, Martin ^a   Lauder, Rebecca P ^a   Hawkins, Nichola ^a   Evans, Matthew ^a,b   Plummer, Amy ^a   Halsey, Kirstie ^a   Lovegrove, Alison ^a   Hammond Kosack, Kim ^a   Rudd, Jason J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL DNA; T-DNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSERTIONAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE; WHEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYPHAE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85032150757     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006672     Document Type: Article

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