Isolation and characterization of Neurospora crassa mutants resistant to antifungal plant defensins

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-185

  Ferket, Kathelijne K A ^a   Levery, Steven B ^b   Park, Chaeho ^b   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a   Thevissen, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucosylceramide; Glycosylinositolphosphorylceramide; Heliomicin; Membrane permeabilization; Mode of action; Sphingolipid; Steryl glucoside

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; PEPTIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS RESISTANCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0141627480     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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