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The mitogen-activated protein kinase gene MAF1 is essential for the early differentiation phase of appressorium formation in Colletotrichum lagenarium.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Dec 2002
Kojima Kaihei, Kikuchi Taisei, Takano Yoshitaka, Oshiro Eriko, Okuno Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
Colletotrichum lagenarium, the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose, invades host plants by forming a specialized infection structure called an appressorium. In this fungus, the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) gene CMK1 is involved in several steps of the infection process, including appressorium formation. In this study, the goal was to investigate roles of other MAPKs in C. lagenarium. The MAPK gene...
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