Isolation of a β-tubulin gene from Fusarium moniliforme that confers cold-sensitive benomyl resistance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3053-3056

  Yan, Keying ^a,b   Dickman, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; BETA TUBULIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0029762153     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.3053-3056.1996     Document Type: Article

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