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Homeobox transcription factors are required for conidiation and appressorium development in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Kim Seryun, Park Sook-Young, Kim Kyoung Su, Rho Hee-Sool, Chi Myoung-Hwan, Choi Jaehyuk, Park Jongsun, Kong Sunghyung, Park Jaejin, Goh Jaeduk, Lee Yong-Hwan
Abstract excerpt
The appropriate development of conidia and appressoria is critical in the disease cycle of many fungal pathogens, including Magnaporthe oryzae. A total of eight genes (MoHOX1 to MoHOX8) encoding putative homeobox transcription factors (TFs) were identified from the M. oryzae genome. Knockout mutants for each MoHOX gene were obtained via homology-dependent gene replacement. Two mutants, DeltaMohox3 and...
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