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Phylum oomycetes

Known as: Oomycotas, Oomycete, Oomycetes 
Eukaryotes in the group STRAMENOPILES, formerly considered FUNGI, whose exact taxonomic level is unsettled. Many consider Oomycetes (Oomycota) a… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Population dynamics of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon from 2001 to 2004
Phytophthora ramorum (Oomycetes) is an emerging plant pathogen in forests in southwestern Oregon (Curry County). Moreover, since… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Two classes of highly similar coiled coil-nucleotide binding-leucine rich repeat genes isolated from the Rps1-k locus encode Phytophthora resistance in soybean.
A series of single genes protect soybean from the root and stem disease caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae. In… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Identification of a large cluster of coiled coil-nucleotide binding site–leucine rich repeat-type genes from the Rps1 region containing Phytophthora resistance genes in soybean
Fifteen Rps genes confer resistance against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae, which causes root and stem rot disease in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Tobacco transgenic for the flax rust resistance gene L expresses allele-specific activation of defense responses.
Tobacco was transformed with three different alleles (L2, L6, and L10) of the flax rust resistance gene L, a member of the toll… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Genetics and genomics of the oomycete-host interface.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Enhanced Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Phytophthora infestans in Plants.
ABSTRACT Sensitive and specific primer sets for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Phytophthora infestans, the oomycete that… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Radial F-actin arrays precede new hypha formation in Saprolegnia: implications for establishing polar growth and regulating tip morphogenesis.
The roles of cortical F-actin in initiating and regulating polarized cell expansion in the form of hyphal tip morphogenesis were… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Culture conditions that influence accumulation of zwittermicin A by Bacillus cereus UW85
Bacillus cereus strain UW85 produces an antibiotic, designated zwittermicin A, that is associated with the ability of UW85 to… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cytoskeletal regulation of ion channel distribution in the tip-growing organism Saprolegnia ferax.
Growing hyphal tips of the oomycete Saprolegnia ferax possess a tip-high gradient of stretch-activated ion channels permeable to… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ion channel activity and tip growth: tip-localized stretch-activated channels generate an essential Ca2+ gradient in the oomycete Saprolegnia ferax.
The plasma membrane of tip-growing hyphae of the oomycete Saprolegnia ferax contains stretch-activated (SA) Ca(2+)-permeable and… 
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