Temporal transcriptional pattern of three melanin biosynthesis genes, PKS1, SCD1, and THR1, in appressorium-differentiating and nondifferentiating conidia of Colletotrichum lagenarium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 351-354

  Takano, Yoshitaka ^a   Kubo, Yasuyuki ^b   Kuroda, Itaru ^b   Furusawa, Iwao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0031023128     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.351-354.1997     Document Type: Article

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