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A serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP2A catalytic subunit is essential for asexual development and plant infection in Magnaporthe oryzae.
Current genetics - 1 May 2013
Du Yanxiu, Shi Yang, Yang Jun, Chen Xiaolin, Xue Minfeng, Zhou Wei, Peng You-Liang
Abstract excerpt
Protein phosphatase 2A is a subgroup of widely conserved serine/threonine phosphatases and plays diverse roles in transcription, translation, differentiation, cell cycle, and signal transduction in many organisms. However, its roles in biotrophic and hemi-biotrophic phytopathogenic fungi remain to be investigated. In this study, we isolated an insertional mutant of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae that...
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