A sensor kinase controls turgor-driven plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.

Conidia from null mutants strains for the genes CDC42, RHO4, BUF1, SLN1 as well as the wild-type Guy11 were harvested and placed on an inductive surface. After 16 hours developing appressoria were harvested and transcript abundance analysed using RNA-seq, two biological replicates per sample. Overall design: Global transcript abundance was profiled in four null mutants of Magnaporthe oryzae during appressorium development on an inductive surface (16 hours after condia were placed on surface).