Disruption, replacement, and cosuppression of nitrate assimilation genes in Stagonospora nodorum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-162

  Howard, Kirsty ^a   Foster, Stephen G ^b   Cooley, R Neil ^b   Caten, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AgrEvo UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosuppression; Gene disruption; Homologous recombination; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Septoria nodorum; Stagonospora nodorum; Target validation

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE REPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; SEPTORIA; STAGONOSPORA; STAGONOSPORA NODORUM;

EID: 0032876969     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1998.1113     Document Type: Article

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