Transcriptome analysis of a Ustilago maydis ust1 deletion mutant

ABSTRACT: Ustilago maydis, the causal agent of corn smut disease, is a dimorphic fungus alternating between a saprobic haploid budding form, and an obligate pathogenic filamentous dikaryon. Maize responds to U. maydis colonization by producing highly modified tumorous structures and it is only within these plant galls that the fungus sporulates giving rise to melanized sexual spores, the teliospores. Previously we identified a regulatory protein from the APSES family of transcription factors, which we named Ust1, whose absence in yeast cells led to filamentous growth and the production of highly pigmented spore-like structures in culture. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptome of a ?ust1 deletion mutant. To identify genes potentially involved in the sporulation program, we carried out microar

ORGANISM(S): Ustilago maydis

SUBMITTER: Scott Gold 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54659 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress