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An atypical forkhead-containing transcription factor SsFKH1 is involved in sclerotial formation and is essential for pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Sept 2017
Fan Huidong, Yu Gang, Liu Yanzhi, Zhang Xianghui, Liu Jinliang, Zhang Yanhua, Rollins Jeffrey A, Sun Fengjie, Pan Hongyu
Abstract excerpt
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a necrotrophic plant pathogen with a worldwide distribution. The sclerotia of S. sclerotiorum are pigmented multicellular structures formed from the aggregation of vegetative hyphae. These survival structures play a central role in the life and infection cycles of this pathogen. Here, we characterized an atypical forkhead (FKH)-box-containing protein, SsFKH1, involved in...
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