Stimulation of sexual reproduction in Phytophthora cactorum by phospholipids is not due to sterol contamination

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1631-1638

  Jee, Hyeong Jin ^a,b   Tang, Chung Shih ^a   Ko, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Phospholipids; Phytophthora cactorum; Sexual reproduction; Sterol

Indexed keywords

DIGITONIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0030943145     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1631     Document Type: Article

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