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| Web URL(s): | http://turf.rutgers.edu/research/abstracts/symposium1995.pdf#page=14
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Belanger, Faith C.;
Reddy, Ponaka V.;
Lam, Cuong |
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| Author Affiliation: | Plant Science Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
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| Title: | Characterization of an endophytic fungal proteinase that is abundantly expressed in the infected host grass |
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| Section: | Oral presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | Cook College, Rutgers, NJ: January 5-6, 1995 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. 1995, p. 16. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Turfgrass Science, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Endophytic fungi; Acremonium typhinum; Poa secunda; Interactions; Genetics; DNA; Leaf sheath; Simple sequence repeats; Clones
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| Abstract/Contents: | "We are characterizing an interesting Acremonium typhinum proteinase which is expressed in the endophytic infection of the grass Poa ampla. This proteinase is abundant in endophyte-infected leaf sheaths and may constitute over 2% of the total leaf sheath protein. Since the fungal hyphae are a small fraction of the total leaf sheath material, the abundance of the fungal proteinase suggests that it may be an important component in the symbiotic interaction of the plant and fungus. Because of this possibility we are further characterizing the proteinase. N-terminal and internal amino acid sequence data have been obtained and reveal sequence homology with proteinase K, a well known fungal protease. The amino acid sequence was used to design degenerate oligonucleotides which were used in PCR to obtain a 300 bp clone. This clone was then used to screen a cDNA library prepared from polyA+RNA extracted from endophyte-infected leaf sheath tissue. We are currently sequencing a potentially full-length cDNA clone. We are excited about the possible biological significance of the fungal proteinase. In other systems, proteinase K homologues are believed to be important in the ability of pathogenic fungi to infect their hosts (insects or other fungi). The endophyte proteinase may also be important in the infection of its host grass." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Belanger, F. C., P. V. Reddy, and C. Lam. 1995. Characterization of an endophytic fungal proteinase that is abundantly expressed in the infected host grass. Proc. Annu. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. p. 16. |
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