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Trehalose synthesis and metabolism are required at different stages of plant infection by Magnaporthe grisea.
The EMBO journal - 15 Jan 2003
Foster Andrew J, Jenkinson Joanna M, Talbot Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
The relationship of trehalose metabolism to fungal virulence was explored in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. To determine the role of trehalose synthesis in pathogenesis, we identified and deleted TPS1, encoding trehalose-6-phosphate synthase. A Deltatps1 mutant failed to synthesize trehalose, sporulated poorly and was greatly attenuated in pathogenicity. Appressoria produced by Deltatps1 did not...
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