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A MAP kinase of the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum is essential for root penetration and pathogenesis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2001
Di Pietro A, García-MacEira F I, Méglecz E, Roncero M I
Abstract excerpt
The soil-borne vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum infects a wide variety of plant species by directly penetrating roots, invading the cortex and colonizing the vascular tissue. We have identified fmk1, encoding a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) of F. oxysporum that belongs to the yeast and fungal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (YERK1) subfamily. Targeted mutants of F. oxysporum f. sp....
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