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Isolation of a Potential Antifungal Protein Produced By Epichloë Festucae, a Fungal Endophyte of Strong Creeping Red Fescue

Poster Number 54

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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Brunswick Ballroom

Zipeng Tian, Plant Pathology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Ruying Wang, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Karen V. Ambrose, Dept. of Plant Biology & Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Bruce B. Clarke, 59 Dudley Rd., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ and Faith C. Belanger, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Abstract:
Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra (strong creeping red fescue) exhibits endophyte-mediated fungal disease resistance. Epichloë festucae Leuchtm., Schardl & M.R. Siegel, the fungal endophyte of F. rubra subsp. rubra, produces an abundant transcript encoding a potential secreted antifungal protein. The objective of this work was to confirm the presence of the antifungal protein in the apoplastic proteins and to express it in the yeast Pichia pastoris for future tests for activity against turfgrass fungal pathogens.

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