The BMP11 gene is essential for pathogenicity in the gray mold fungus Botrytis cinerea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 724-732

  Zheng, Li ^a   Campbell, Mathew ^a   Murphy, Jennifer ^a   Lam, Stephen ^a   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,b  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryotinia fuckeliana; MAPK

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CARNATION; FUNGAL INFECTION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUTANT; PATHOGENICITY; PMK1 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO; WILD RELATIVE;

BOTRYTIS CINEREA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PMK1 PROTEIN, MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033623959     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.7.724     Document Type: Article

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