Deletion of the SNP1 trypsin protease from Stagonospora nodorum reveals another major protease expressed during infection

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-53

  Bindschedler, Laurence V ^a,c   Sanchez, Pedro ^a   Dunn, Steven ^b,d   Mikan, Jose ^a   Thangavelu, Madan ^a   Clarkson, John M ^a,e   Cooper, Richard M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Aventis CropScience   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDIMMUNE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e Molecular Sensing plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene deletion; Pathogenicity; Protease; Stagonospora nodorum; Subtilisin; Trypsin; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SNP1; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISIN PROTEASE; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAGONOSPORA NODORUM; WHEAT; WILD TYPE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT DISEASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; STAGONOSPORA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037332234     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(02)00517-0     Document Type: Article

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