Horizontal transfer in the phytopathogenic fungal genus Leptosphaeria and host-range expansion.
All isolates examined of the phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans that are aggressive to Brassica napus and Brassica rapa have a repetitive element, LMR1. Horizontal transfer of LMR1 to an isolate of a closely related species of Leptosphaeria correlates with the expansion of the host range of this isolate to include Brassica juncea.
Taylor
J L
JL
Brassica Biotechnology Group, National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Pedras
M S
MS
Morales
V M
VM
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001937:Brassica / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics
D004271:DNA, Fungal