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ZNF1 Encodes a Putative C2H2 Zinc-Finger Protein Essential for Appressorium Differentiation by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jan 2016
Yue Xiaofeng, Que Yawei, Xu Lin, Deng Shuzhen, Peng Youliang, Talbot Nicholas J, Wang Zhengyi
Abstract excerpt
The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae forms specialized infection structures called appressoria which are essential for gaining entry to plant tissue. Here, we report the identification of a novel nonpathogenic T-DNA-tagged mutant XF696 of M. oryzae with a single insertion in the promoter of ZNF1, which encodes a putative transcription factor (TF). Targeted gene deletion mutants of ZNF1 are nonpathogenic and...
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