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The fungal-specific transcription factor Vdpf influences conidia production, melanized microsclerotia formation and pathogenicity in Verticillium dahliae.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Dec 2016
Luo Xiumei, Mao Hongqiang, Wei Yunming, Cai Jie, Xie Chengjian, Sui Anping, Yang Xingyong, Dong Jinyan
Abstract excerpt
Verticillium dahliae is a soil-borne, hemibiotrophic phytopathogenic fungus that causes wilting in crop plants. Here, we constructed a random insertional mutant library using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation to study the pathogenicity and regulatory mechanisms of V. dahliae. The fungal-specific transcription factor-encoding gene Vdpf was shown to be associated with vegetative growth and...
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