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This month's fungus is Ustilago maydis, which causes corn smut. ... Corn smut is caused by the basidiomycete fungus Ustilago maydis, sometimes called Ustilago zeae-maydis, which is pictured to the left in a photograph by Deon Nontelle of the Biology Department here at the UW-La Crosse.
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botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/march98.html
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Ustilago maydis is unique amongst biological weapons in that it is not only edible, but considered highly desirable. In Mexico, galls on sweetcorn are known as huitlacoche and they can be more valuable than the plant itself.
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www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/PlantPath/UM.html
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Of all Ustilaginales, Ustilago maydis is the best known member of the group. U. maydis is a pathogen specific for corn; (Zea mays) and teozinte (Zea mexicana), which is considered to be the ancestor of cultivated corn.
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www.im.microbios.org/02june98/10%20Ruiz%20Herrera.pdf
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1: Ustilago maydis - genome overview Pathogenic fungus that causes corn smut disease Fungi; Group: Basidiomycetes Size: 20 Mb; Haploid chromosomes: 23; ...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=genomeprj&cmd=Show...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=genomeprj&cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9595
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Ustilago maydis, a new fungal model system for cell biology. ... Here, we introduce the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis as a new model organism for studying cell biological processes. Genome-wide analysis demonstrates that U. maydis is more closely related to humans than to budding yeast, and numerous proteins are shared...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18243705
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broad.mit.edu/annotation/fungi/ustilago_maydis/
broad.mit.edu/annotation/fungi/ustilago_maydis/
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Welcome to the MIPS Ustilago maydis Database ... The MIPS Ustilago maydis Genome Database aims to present information on the molecular structure and functional network of the entirely sequenced, filamentous fungus Ustilago maydis. The underlying sequence is the initial release of the high quality draft sequence of the...
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mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/genre/proj/ustilago/
mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/genre/proj/ustilago/
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You can enter: • a protein or nucleotide sequence ; • a valid UniProt identifier, for example: P00750 or A4_HUMAN or UPI0000000001; More... ... Species Ustilago maydis (Smut fungus)
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www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/5270
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en: Ustilago maydis (Corn smut) is a fungus that parasites the maize plant. It is a delicacy called Huitlacoche in some places. ... de: Ustilago maydis (Maisbeulenbrand) ist ein parasitischer Pilz der die Maispflanze befällt. Er ist in einigen Gebieten eine Delikatesse, die Huitlacoche genannt wird.
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ustilago_maydis
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ustilago_maydis
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