Functional characterization of SOR1, a gene required for resistance to photosensitizing toxins in the fungus Cercospora nicotianae

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 478-485

  Ehrenshaft, Marilyn ^a   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a   Jenns, Anne E ^a   Daub, Margaret E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercospora spp.; Cercosporin; Photosensitizer resistance; Singlet oxygen resistance

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERYLENE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0032938350     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050423     Document Type: Article

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