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Bypassing both surface attachment and surface recognition requirements for appressorium formation by overactive ras signaling in Magnaporthe oryzae.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2014
Zhou Xiaoying, Zhao Xinhua, Xue Chaoyang, Dai Yafeng, Xu Jin-Rong
Abstract excerpt
Magnaporthe oryzae forms a highly specialized infection structure called an appressorium for plant penetration. In M. oryzae and many other plant-pathogenic fungi, surface attachment and surface recognition are two essential requirements for appressorium formation. Development of appressoria in the air has not been reported. In this study, we found that expression of a dominant active MoRAS2(G18V) allele in M....
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