G-Protein Subunit of Cochliobolus heterostrophus Involved in Virulence, Asexual and Sexual Reproductive Ability, and Morphogenesis
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G-Protein Subunit of Cochliobolus heterostrophus Involved in Virulence, Asexual and Sexual Reproductive Ability, and Morphogenesis Sherif Ganem,†‡ Shun-Wen Lu,† Bee-Na Lee,§ David Yu-Te Chou,¶ Ruthi Hadar, B. Gillian Turgeon, and Benjamin A. Horwitz* Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and Torrey Mesa Research Institute/Syngenta, San Diego, California
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