“…maydis strains are listed in Table 1. Manipulations with U. maydis, culture methods, gene disruption and gene transfer procedures, survival after DNA damage, and plant infections have been described previously (Castillo-Lluva and Pé rez-Martín, 2005;Flor-Parra et al, 2007;Mielnichuk and Pé rez-Martín, 2008;Mielnichuk et al, 2009). Protein extracts, immunoprecipitations, and immunoblot analysis were performed as described previously (García-Muse et al, 2004;Sgarlata and Pé rez-Martín, 2005).…”