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1. A high-throughput gene knockout system was developed in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae to delete 104 fungal-specific Zn2Cys6 transcription factor (TF) genes.
2. The phenotypes of these mutants were analyzed with regard to growth, asexual and infection-related development, pathogenesis, and 9 abiotic stresses.
3. The results provide new insights into how this rice pathogen regulates important traits in the infection cycle through Zn2Cys6TF genes.
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