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Systematic analysis of Zn2Cys6 transcription factors required for development and pathogenicity by high-throughput gene knockout in the rice blast fungus.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Oct 2014
Lu Jianping, Cao Huijuan, Zhang Lilin, Huang Pengyun, Lin Fucheng
Abstract excerpt
Because of great challenges and workload in deleting genes on a large scale, the functions of most genes in pathogenic fungi are still unclear. In this study, we developed a high-throughput gene knockout system using a novel yeast-Escherichia-Agrobacterium shuttle vector, pKO1B, in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Using this method, we deleted 104 fungal-specific Zn(2)Cys(6) transcription factor (TF)...
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