Trichoderma atroviride G-protein α-subunit gene tga1 is involved in mycoparasitic coiling and conidiation

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 594-605

  Rocha Ramírez, Víctor ^a   Omero, Carmi ^b   Chet, Ilan ^b   Horwitz, Benjamin A ^c   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^a  

^a Unidad   (Mexico)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PROTOZOA; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; MAS7 PROTEIN, SYNTHETIC; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHODERMA; VIRULENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEPTIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHODERMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036689944     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.4.594-605.2002     Document Type: Article

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