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Polar growth in the infectious hyphae of the phytopathogen ustilago maydis depends on a virulence-specific cyclin.
The Plant cell - 1 Oct 2007
Flor-Parra Ignacio, Castillo-Lluva Sonia, Pérez-Martín José
Abstract excerpt
The maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis switches from yeast to hyphal growth to infect maize (Zea mays) plants. This switching is promoted by mating of compatible cells and seems to be required for plant penetration. Although many genes distinctively expressed during this dimorphic switch have been identified and shown to be essential for the infection process, none seems to be explicitly required for polar growth...
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