Chromosomal organization of TOX2, a complex locus controlling host-selective toxin biosynthesis in Cochliobolus carbonum

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 887-897

  Ahn, Joong Hoon ^a   Walton, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HC TOXIN SYNTHETASE 1; HC-TOXIN SYNTHETASE 1; HYDROLASE; ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HYDROLASES; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030137365     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.5.887     Document Type: Article

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