A putative cyclic peptide efflux pump encoded by the TOXA gene of the plant-pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus carbonum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1557-1565

  Pitkin, John W ^a   Panaccione, Daniel G ^a,b   Walton, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cachliobolus (Helminthosporium) carbonum; Cyclic peptide efflux pump; HC toxin; Major facilitator superfamily; TOXA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPEPTIDE; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; FUNGI; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029931717     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1557     Document Type: Article

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