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A novel gene, CBP1, encoding a putative extracellular chitin-binding protein, may play an important role in the hydrophobic surface sensing of Magnaporthe grisea during appressorium differentiation.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 May 2002
Kamakura Takashi, Yamaguchi Syuichi, Saitoh Ken-ichiro, Teraoka Tohru, Yamaguchi Isamu
Abstract excerpt
The conidial germ tube of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, differentiates a specialized cell, an appressorium, required for penetration into the host plant. Formation of the appressorium is also observed on artificial solid substrata such as polycarbonate. A novel emerging germ tube-specific gene, CBP1 (chitin-binding protein), was found in a cDNA subtractive differential library. CBP1 coded for a...
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