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Autophagic fungal cell death is necessary for infection by the rice blast fungus.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 28 Apr 2006
Veneault-Fourrey Claire, Barooah Madhumita, Egan Martin, Wakley Gavin, Talbot Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
Rice blast is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea, which elaborates specialized infection cells called appressoria to penetrate the tough outer cuticle of the rice plant Oryza sativa. We found that the formation of an appressorium required, sequentially, the completion of mitosis, nuclear migration, and death of the conidium (fungal spore) from which the infection originated. Genetic intervention during...
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