Regulation of endopolygalacturonase gene expression in Botrytis cinerea by galacturonic acid, ambient pH and carbon catabolite repression

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-157

  Wubben, Jos P ^a   Ten Have, Arjen ^a   Van Kan, Jan A L ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Endopolygalacturonase; Galacturonic acid; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GALACTURONIC ACID; ISOENZYME; PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI;

EID: 0034060901     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050022     Document Type: Article

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