The role of lipid signaling and metabolism in morphogenesis and pathogenesis of the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis
The phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis is obligately dependent on infection of maize to complete the sexual phase of its life cycle. Mating interactions between budding cells establish an infectious filamentous cell type that invades the host, induces tumors, and forms teliospores. The yeast-to-...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31085 |