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Pathogenicity Genes in Fungi

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Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 21))

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This paper focuses on research reported since the 1992 ISMPMI meeting that has attempted to identify pathogenicity genes in fungi. One category we discuss consists of those genes which encode known biochemical traits that historically have been “logical” candidates for functioning in pathogenicity. In addition, we present a summary of the results of some of the newer approaches to isolate pathogenicity genes that are independent of prior knowledge of the activities encoded by the gene. In this paper we do not consider genes whose absence is required for pathogenicity (ie. avirulence genes or genes which induce a non-specific hypersensitive response).

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Van Etten, H., Soby, S., Wasmann, C., McCluskey, K. (1994). Pathogenicity Genes in Fungi. In: Daniels, M.J., Downie, J.A., Osbourn, A.E. (eds) Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0177-6_25

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