Divergent cAMP signaling pathways regulate growth and pathogenesis in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1361-1373

  Adachi, Kiichi ^a   Hamer, John E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL GROWTH; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0032144718     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.8.1361     Document Type: Article

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