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Regulatory and Structural Networks Orchestrating Mating, Dimorphism, Cell Shape, and Pathogenesis in Ustilago maydis

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Feldbrügge, M., Bölker, M., Steinberg, G., Kämper, J., Kahmann, R. (2006). Regulatory and Structural Networks Orchestrating Mating, Dimorphism, Cell Shape, and Pathogenesis in Ustilago maydis . In: Kües, U., Fischer, R. (eds) Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality. The Mycota, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28135-5_18

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