Lipid and acetate metabolism influence host colonization by the fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis
Ustilago maydis is an obligate fungal pathogen of maize that causes disease known as the common smut of corn. Haploids with compatible mating loci fuse to form a dikaryotic cell type that is filamentous and pathogenic; invasion of the host by this cell type leads to the formation of tumors which co...
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University of British Columbia
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51701 |