Heterotrimeric G-proteins of a filamentous fungus regulate cell wall composition and susceptibility to a plant PR-5 protein

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-69

  Coca, María A ^b   Damsz, Barbara ^b   Yun, Dae Jin ^a,b   Hasegawa, Paul M ^b   Bressan, Ray A ^b   Narasimhan, Meena L ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DELETION MUTANT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUTATION; OSMOTIN; PLANT DEFENSE PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIONUCLEOTIDES; TOBACCO;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034015281     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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