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PLS1, a gene encoding a tetraspanin-like protein, is required for penetration of rice leaf by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jun 2001
Clergeot P H, Gourgues M, Cots J, Laurans F, Latorse M P, Pepin R, Tharreau D, Notteghem J L, Lebrun M H
Abstract excerpt
We describe in this study punchless, a nonpathogenic mutant from the rice blast fungus M. grisea, obtained by plasmid-mediated insertional mutagenesis. As do most fungal plant pathogens, M. grisea differentiates an infection structure specialized for host penetration called the appressorium. We show that punchless differentiates appressoria that fail to breach either the leaf epidermis or artificial membranes...
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