G protein activators and cAMP promote mycoparasitic behaviour in Trichoderma harzianum

Mycological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1637-1642

  Omero, Carmi ^a   Inbar, Jacob ^a,d   Rocha Ramirez, Victor ^b   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^b   Chet, Ilan ^a   Horwitz, Benjamin A ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Medica L P   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CELL SURFACE; CYCLIC AMP; FLUOROALUMINATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HOST CELL; HYPHA; MASTOPARAN; METAL ION; MYCOPARASITISM; NYLON FIBER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0033498354     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756299008886     Document Type: Article

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