Role of Ustilago Ncr1 in nitrogen utilization

ABSTRACT: The basidiomycete Ustilago maydis is the causal agent of corn smut disease and induces tumor formation during biotrophic growth in its host plant maize. The Usilago maydis genome harbors a homolog to the GATA transcription factors Nit2 and AreA that act as global regulators of nitrogen catabolite repression in filamentous model fungi Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans. We aimed at resolving the role of the Ustilago maydis homolog Ncr1 for the utilization of complex nitrogen sources and pathogenicity. Sporidia of the indicated Ustilago maydis strains were grown overnight in ammonium minimal medium (Holliday, 1976) and samples for total RNA extraction were taken 2h after transfer to minimal medium lacking any nitrogen source (-N) during the exponential growth phase to assess those g

ORGANISM(S): Ustilago maydis

SUBMITTER: Lars Voll 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-28916 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress