Publication Date:
2014-05-22
Description:
Article Rice false smut, caused by the pathogenic ascomycete fungus Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takah, has a significant economic impact on crop production. Here, Zhang et al . report the draft genome sequence of U. virens and provide insight into the evolution of genes involved in pathogenicity and adaptation to a biotrophic and floret-infecting lifestyle. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4849 Authors: Yong Zhang, Kang Zhang, Anfei Fang, Yanqing Han, Jun Yang, Minfeng Xue, Jiandong Bao, Dongwei Hu, Bo Zhou, Xianyun Sun, Shaojie Li, Ming Wen, Nan Yao, Li-Jun Ma, Yongfeng Liu, Min Zhang, Fu Huang, Chaoxi Luo, Ligang Zhou, Jianqiang Li, Zhiyi Chen, Jiankun Miao, Shu Wang, Jinsheng Lai, Jin-Rong Xu, Tom Hsiang, You-Liang Peng, Wenxian Sun
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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