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Host specialization of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is associated with dynamic gain and loss of genes linked to transposable elements.
BMC genomics - 18 May 2016
Yoshida Kentaro, Saunders Diane G O, Mitsuoka Chikako, Natsume Satoshi, Kosugi Shunichi, Saitoh Hiromasa, Inoue Yoshihiro, Chuma Izumi, Tosa Yukio, Cano Liliana M, Kamoun Sophien, Terauchi Ryohei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph Pyricularia oryzae) is the causal agent of blast disease of Poaceae crops and their wild relatives. To understand the genetic mechanisms that drive host specialization of M. oryzae, we carried out whole genome resequencing of four M. oryzae isolates from rice (Oryza sativa), one from foxtail millet (Setaria italica), three from wild foxtail millet S. viridis, and one...
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