Identification of a gene product induced by hard-surface contact of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides conidia as a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme by yeast complementation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3592-3597

  Liu, Zhi Mei ^a   Kolattukudy, Pappachan E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ISOLATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOSOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; PERSEA AMERICANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032456892     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3592-3597.1998     Document Type: Article

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