Targeted disruption of a G protein α subunit gene results in reduced pathogenicity in Fusarium oxysporum

Current Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-413

  Jain, Sona ^a   Akiyama, Kouichi ^a   Mae, Kenjiro ^a   Ohguchi, Tomizo ^a   Takata, Renkichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cAMP; Fusarium oxysporum; G protein subunit; Gene disruption; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEAT TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUSARIUM; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036944736     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0322-y     Document Type: Article

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