Transgenic assessment of CFP-mediated cercosporin export and resistance in a cercosporin-sensitive fungus

Current Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-30

  Upchurch, Robert G ^a,b   Rose, Mark S ^a,b,c   Eweida, Mohamed ^a,d   Callahan, Terrence M ^a,e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercosporin resistance; Heterologous gene expression; Major facilitator

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CERCOSPORIN; CERCOSPORIN FACILITATOR PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYKETIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA KUCHII; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOYBEAN; SPECIES; TRANSGENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PERYLENE;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA KIKUCHII; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0036939735     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0280-4     Document Type: Article

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