Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Genome annotation, gene characterization, and the functional analysis of natural antisense transcripts in the fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Donaldson, Michael Edward, Thesis advisor (ths): Saville, Barry J, Degree committee member (dgc): Brunetti, Craig R, Degree committee member (dgc): Yee, Janet, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p><italic>Ustilago maydis</italic> (DC) Corda is the causal agent of 'common smut of corn'. Completion of the <italic>U. maydis</italic> lifecycle is dependent on development inside its host, <italic>Zea mays</italic>. Symptoms of <italic>U. maydis</italic> infection include chlorosis and the formation of tumours on all aerial corn… more