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Open AccessA 2-year field trial reveals no significant effects of GM high-methionine soybean on the rhizosphere bacterial communities
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Correction to: Pleiotropic roles of O-mannosyltransferase MoPmt4 in development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae
In the original publication, Fig. 1 panel (b), the photo of MoPmt2-6 was incorrect. The correct Fig. 1 is shown below.
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Pleiotropic roles of O-mannosyltransferase MoPmt4 in development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae
In fungi, O-mannosylation is one type of conserved protein modifications that add the carbohydrate residues to specific residues of target proteins by protein O-mannosyltransferases. Previously, three members of