Molecular genetic evidence for the involvement of a specific polygalacturonase, P2c, in the invasion and spread of Aspergillus flavus in cotton bolls

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3548-3552

  Shieh, Mei Tsu ^a   Brown, Robert L ^b   Whitehead, Michael P ^a,c   Cary, Jeffrey W ^b   Cotty, Peter J ^b   Cleveland, Thomas E ^b   Dean, Ralph A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CELL INVASION; CELL SPREADING; CELL WALL; COTTON; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; TARGET CELL;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0030824374     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3548-3552.1997     Document Type: Article

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