Effect of disruption of the enniatin synthetase gene on the virulence of Fusarium avenaceum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-232

  Herrmann, Matthias ^a   Zocher, Rainer ^a   Haese, Angela ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Phytotoxin

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA AVENACEA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEPSIPEPTIDE; ENNIATIN B SYNTHETASE; ENNIATINS; FUNGAL RNA; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FUSARIUM; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDES; RNA, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030136829     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0226     Document Type: Article

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