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Signal transduction and gene expression during early stages of fungal phytopathogenesis in the rice blast fungus

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Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant Pathology ((DIPP,volume 13))

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Pioneering studies in the obligate rust fungi demonstrated a biologically novel surface sensing ability called thigmotropism (Wynn, 1976; Hoch et al., 1987). Invading fungi discriminate features of the plant surface and process this information so as to insure that infection-specific cell types are formed. To date, the underlying molecular mechanisms behind infection structure formation remain largely unknown. The application of molecular genetic approaches in non-obligate pathogens has begun to identify components of this signaling pathway and gene products important for infection structure formation. Here, we review progress in this area with special emphasis on the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.

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Hamer, J.E. et al. (1998). Signal transduction and gene expression during early stages of fungal phytopathogenesis in the rice blast fungus. In: Kohmoto, K., Yoder, O.C. (eds) Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease. Developments in Plant Pathology, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5218-1_26

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