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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2011, Vol. 10 Issue (9): 1385-1390    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(11)60131-4
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Functional Characterization of a NEM1-Like Gene in Magnaporthe oryzae
WANG Ying, JIAO Tian-lei, LIU Xiao-hong, LIN Fu-cheng , WU Wei-ren
1. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology
2. Institute of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology
3. School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University
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摘要  Magnaporthe oryzae, a filamentous ascomycete fungus, is well known as the causal agent of rice blast. With thetechnology of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), it was previously found that MGG_06001 (or named MoNEM1),a gene of M. oryzae homologous to the NEM1 (nuclear envelope morphology protein 1) gene of baker’s yeast(Saccharomyces cerevisiae), is differentially expressed between the mature appressium and the conidium and mycelium.This study aimed to characterize the function of MoNEM1 gene by knocking it out using the method of target genereplacement. The ΔMonem1 mutants exhibited reduced mycelial growth and conidiation. However, disruption of MoNEM1gene does not affect the pathogenicity of M. oryzae on barley and rice.

Abstract  Magnaporthe oryzae, a filamentous ascomycete fungus, is well known as the causal agent of rice blast. With thetechnology of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), it was previously found that MGG_06001 (or named MoNEM1),a gene of M. oryzae homologous to the NEM1 (nuclear envelope morphology protein 1) gene of baker’s yeast(Saccharomyces cerevisiae), is differentially expressed between the mature appressium and the conidium and mycelium.This study aimed to characterize the function of MoNEM1 gene by knocking it out using the method of target genereplacement. The ΔMonem1 mutants exhibited reduced mycelial growth and conidiation. However, disruption of MoNEM1gene does not affect the pathogenicity of M. oryzae on barley and rice.
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Received: 08 December 2010   Accepted:
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the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30671123 and 31000077).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence WU Wei-ren, Professor, Tel/Fax: +86-571-86971910, E-mail: wuwr@zju.edu.cn; LIN Fu-cheng, Professor,Tel/Fax: +86-571-86971185, E-mail: fuchenglin@zju.edu.cn   
About author:  WANG Ying, Ph D, E-mail: wyhrx@126.com

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WANG Ying, JIAO Tian-lei, LIU Xiao-hong, LIN Fu-cheng , WU Wei-ren. 2011. Functional Characterization of a NEM1-Like Gene in Magnaporthe oryzae. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 10(9): 1385-1390.

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