Signal transduction leading to appressorium formation in germinating conidia of Magnaporthe grisea: Effects of second messengers diacylglycerols, ceramides and sphingomyelin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Thines, Eckhard ^a   Eilbert, Frank ^a   Sterner, Olov ^b   Anke, Heidrun ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Appressorium development; Ceramide; Diacylglycerol; Magnaporthe grisea; Signal transduction; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031278067     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00407-2     Document Type: Article

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